what did the revolutionry uprising of the spartacist League based on?
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The Spartacist uprising (German: Spartakusaufstand), also known as the January uprising (Januaraufstand), was a general strike (and the armed battles accompanying it) in Berlin from 5 to 12 January 1919. Germany was in the middle of a post-war revolution, and two of the perceived paths forward were social democracy and a socialist council republic. The uprising was primarily a power struggle between the moderate Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) led by Friedrich Ebert and the radical communists of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), led by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, who had previously founded and led the Spartacist League (Spartakusbund).
Spartacist Uprising
Part of German Revolution of 1918–1919
Soldiers the Brandenburger Tor during the Spartacist uprising Jan 7 1919.jpg
Soldiers on the Brandenburger Tor during the Spartacist uprising
Date 5–12 January 1919
Location
Berlin, Germany
Result Government victory
Belligerents
Germany Council of the People's Deputies
Freikorps
Communist Party of Germany
Spartacus League
Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany
Commanders and leaders
Germany Friedrich Ebert
Germany Gustav Noske
Karl Liebknecht Executed
Rosa Luxemburg Executed
Strength
3,000 Freikorps
Casualties and losses
17 killed
20 wounded
156–196 insurgents and civilians killed
The revolt was improvised and small-scale and was quickly crushed by the superior firepower of government troops.[1] Berlin was largely undisturbed.[1] Long-distance trains continued to run on time and newspapers remained on sale, as the rebels passively confined themselves to only a few select locations.[1] Similar uprisings occurred and were suppressed in Bremen, the Ruhr, Rhineland, Saxony, Hamburg, Thuringia and Bavaria, and a round of bloodier street battles occurred in Berlin in March.
