At the end of October 1918, the German fleet at Kiel was orderedto attack the mighty British Navy. The German sailors believed itwas a suicidal attack, and instead mutinied. The mutiny spread, andbecame the German Revolution. Communists tried to take advantage ofthe chaos to take control of Germany, as Communists had done inRussia the previous year.With his country turning against him, the Kaiser fled to theNetherlands to stay with his relatives there. The hastily assembledrepublican government that replaced him then basically surrenderedbecause they had to deal with the revolution, which was gettingworse. The revolution ended in 1919 after the failure of the majorCommunist revolts, and the Weimar Republic was established.