
Many men simply headed home, often with their small arms…. Demobilization was a requirement of the armistice, the revolutionary atmosphere also made it difficult to deal with an orderly demobilization. While the government had many worries, perhaps the most pressing one was this problem of unemployment, - it fed the unrest.

At the end of the World War, Germany was awash in chaos rioting, looting and Marxist revolutionary violence was widespread together with hordes of young men returning to their homes, with no meaningful employment available, things quickly deteriorated.
