soldiers and sailors would come to Oldenburg and drive the Grand Duke out of his palace. Frederick Augustus subsequently abdicated the throne but was able to keep his estates and other holdings.

Interim government

Hug then went to the Landtag and convinced members of the major parties that they had to act quickly to prevent the Wilhelmshaven revolutionaries from setting up a council republic. The Social Democrats, Progressive People's Party and Centre Party quickly established

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