The Kingdom of Bavaria, a monarchy, had been abolished after World War I. It briefly became a socialist republic, and then an unrecognized revolutionary socialist state until May 3,1919, when it was crushed by the far-right Freikorps militia.
The Kingdom of Bavaria, a monarchy, had been abolished after World War I. It briefly became a socialist republic, the People's State of Bavaria. In April, 1919, it became the unrecognized Bavarian Soviet Republic until May 3,1919, when it was crushed by the far-right Freikorps militia.