The OHL had all-but-in-name ruled over Germany since Kaiser Wilhelm's abdication and the armistice was signed. They struggled to maintain power as those on the left and center spoke out more and more over the de facto military dictatorship ruled by those who had lead Germany to the situation it now found itself in. However, Hindenburg, Ludendorff and others of the military brass attempted to maintain their control over the process in the hopes of carrying over post-Versailles into a new government safe from the sedition of the leftist fifth column. It was in this period of time between the Christmas Crisis and the Summer of 1919 that there was a period of limited anarchy in Germany, especially in areas like Bavaria. However, pressure continued to come primarily from the SPD, or Social Democrat, Party lead by Friedrich Ebert and Philipp Scheidemann. This would come to a head in the 2nd of June, 1919. The night before a secret meeting occurred in Berlin as a few of the leaders of the USPD, a splinter group of the SPD that was formed by the far left members of the party, met with the two leaders of the SPD. They claimed they had received information from a benefactor that had told them what was, at the very least, what the French aimed to do to Germany at Paris. They claimed that a number of the other major powers had been on board, and that they were concerned that this would lead to yet another conflict. The SPD leaders were at first taken aback, but slowly came to believe them as the USPD leaders were admitting the military establishment was actually correct in guessing that the Entente would enforce a harsh and overbearing treaty on the German people. The USPD members had been very against the war at the beginning, and the SPD leaders had been surprisingly in favor and held much of the guilt for the situation Germany now found itself in. What came to surprise Ebert and Scheidemann was the fact that the USPD leaders that came to meet them suggested a coalition government to ensure the OHL would not do anything rash in the aftermath of such a treaty. Ebert, holding hard feelings for the USPD separating from the SPD and undermining the government for the past few years refused, claiming the SPD could convince the OHL to share power without ruining Germany with these USPD traitors. Scheidemann, however, was much more amicable to the idea, having tried for many years to mend the split but failing to get the USPD to listen. Seeing the USPD now not only in favor, but suggesting it themselves, was a wave of good fortune to him. The meeting ended in a confusing situation in which the SPD leadership was unsure of what to do.

Then came the morning of June 2nd, 1919. The USPD leaders had apparently worried about the SPD going to the OHL before them and organized a large strike in the capital of Berlin, leading to hundreds of thousands of workers marching in the streets. Ebert called a meeting of the SPD leadership, but found himself out maneuvered as Schiedemann had called for the SPD to support the USPD strike and for the OHL to stand down. The SPD quickly found itself split as members backed Ebert and Schiedemann, but soon Schiedemann was victorious in winning the support of his party. He called a meeting between Eduard Bernstein, himself, and the OHL to represent their respective interests. They promised to maintain the Ebert-Groener Pact and to maintain the fight against Bolshevism, while allowing for a snap election for the Reichstag to avoid the strike in Berlin leading to a violent revolution. They warned the OHL of the proposal in Paris and the potentially disastrous outcome of such a thing while Germany was undergoing a violent revolution, and showed the SPD split as a show of Ebert's failure and falling popularity. Again, after hours of debate an agreement was came to called the Schiedemann-Hindenburg Addendum to the original Ebert-Groener Pact.

Snap elections were held, and the Reichstag was re-shuffled as Germany's workers put away their picks and went into the polls. The SPD was still the most popular party in the Reichstag, but they took a hit from the recent controversy. The SPD held 29% of the vote, with the USPD gaining up to 21% of the vote. Together, they made half of the Reichstag. There was also the German Democratic Party (GDP), which made up the majority of the center. They formed 22% of the Reichstag. On the right, the main conservative party was a coalition of monarcists, conservatives, reactionaries, nationalists, and anti-semitics. They formed 20% of the Reichstag. The other 8% of the Reichstag was made up of the large number of smaller parties, the majority of which were small groups of focused interests on the right.

Elections were held for the position of the President of Germany, which would be a first for the country. After all the votes were counted, Philipp Scheidemann was elected as the first democratically elected President of Germany, and maintained the SPD's dominance of the Weimar Republic.