Polity People's State of Bavaria

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A short-lived socialist state in Bavaria from after World War I.

Establishment

  • November 1918: The People's State of Bavaria was a short-lived socialist state in Bavaria from 1918 to 1919.

Chronology

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1. World War I

Was a global conflict between two coalitions, the Allies (primarily France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States) and the Central Powers (led by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire). It was mainly caused by the competition of the western countries over domain in Europe and in the rest of the world with their colonial empires. The war ended with the defeat of the Central Powers. The war also caused the Russian Revolution and the ensuing Russian Civil War.

1.1. Aftermath of World War I

Were a series of treaties and military events that can be considered a direct consequence of World War I.

1.1.1. Occupation of the Rhineland

The German armistice after World War I included the military occupation of the Rhineland by the victorious powers.

1.1.1. German Revolution

Was a civil conflict in the German Empire at the end of the First World War that resulted in the replacement of the German federal constitutional monarchy with a democratic parliamentary republic.

1.1.1.1. Revolutionary States

A series of short-lived states were proclaimed in various territories of the German Empire in the aftermath of World War I.

  • November 1918: The People's State of Bavaria was a short-lived socialist state in Bavaria from 1918 to 1919.
  • April 1919: The Bavarian Soviet Republic was established in April 1919 after the demise of Kurt Eisner's People's State of Bavaria.

Disestablishment

  • January 1919: The ccupation of the Rhineland imposed by the Treaty if Versailles began in January 1919. French, British, Belgian and initially also American troops were involved.
  • April 1919: The Bavarian Soviet Republic was established in April 1919 after the demise of Kurt Eisner's People's State of Bavaria.