his agreement. Ebert furious – had wanted a constitutional monarchy. Nevertheless, die was cast, & by evening of 9 November, 1918, Weimar Republic had come into being, almost by accident.
             Position of army was crucial. On evening of 9 November, Ebert received telephone call from General Groener at army HQ[s]. In return for Ebert's support for officer corps, army offered its services to resist left-wing extremism. Ebert agreed, thus pledging republic's support for continuance of Prussian militaristic tradition & placing its future in the hands of the army.
             Revolution mixture of order & turmoil, w/ no serious disruption to public transport or services. Yet, discipline was breaking down in Berlin garrison. Recruited irregular volunteer companies to be known as the Freikorps to provide republic w/ military force.
             On January 1919, sporadic clashes between Spartacists & govt. troops for several d
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