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| Between November 8th and 22nd, 1918, committees of soldiers and workers were organized in Alsace by sailors, most of them being Alsacians, coming from Kiel and Wilhelmshafen ports. They revolted against their hierarchy that had decided to fight a last battle (lost in advance), out of honor, against the English fleet.
With a strong revolutionary feeling they proclaimed a socialist republic in Strasbourg with the objective of keeping this region as part of Germany which would become revolutionary and internationalist instead of being imperialist and defeated but also taking it away from the French capitalism.
History decided a different way.
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Duration:
53 minutes
Language:
French
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Available versions:
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