The Germanian Revolution, or War of German Liberation began on June 7, 1974, after the German army killed political rights activist Dimitri Andreyev during a speech in Moscow the day before. The crowd began to attack the German officers there, killing 2 by mobbing and beating them. The German soldiers then killed 21 demonstrators in retaliation. The rebels were backed by high ranking German generals, splitting the Wehrmacht into two factions: the Germans and the Germanians. The Germans supported Hitler, and the Germanians supported the revolution. The Germanians were victorious in this conflict, marking the rise of liberty and democracy in the German Empire.