Kiel mutiny

When

28 Oct 1918

Kind

Event

Coordinates

54.32° N, 10.13° E

Description

Kiel Mutiny: sailors at Kiel mutiny against naval orders to launce a final attack on the British navy. The mutiny's leaders are arrested.

Placed at the town named in the title of the event it links, Kiel.

Revolt by sailors of the German High Seas Fleet in 1918

The Kiel mutiny was a revolt by sailors of the German High Seas Fleet against the maritime military command in Kiel. The mutiny broke out on 3 November 1918 after sailors at Wilhelmshaven refused orders on 30 October to sail out for what was to be the final battle against the British Grand Fleet.

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• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “la marine allemande se mutine à Kiel et crée un conseil de soldats ; le mouvement se diffuse dans toute l’Allemagne du Nord”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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