German government forces stand in a Berlin street during the Spartacist rising of 1919. The Spartacist uprising (German: Spartakusaufstand), was a general strike and the armed battle in Germany from January 4 to January 15, 1919. Its suppression marked the end of the German Revolution. The name “Spartacist uprising” is generally used for the event even though neither the ‘Spartacist League’ nor the Communist Party of Germany led this uprising; each participated only after popular resistance had begun.. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)