 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Walter Beling akaberekerwa muBerlin, mwanakomana wemucheki. Amai vake vanongorondedzerwa sa. Akaenda kuchikoro munharaunda pakati pa1906 na1913, achiwanawo nguva yekushanda semukomana anotakura zvinhu. Pakati pa1913 na1917 akashanda basa rekudzidzira basa mu, iyo yaakabatanidza nematanhatu semudzidzi paBerlins Machine Construction Academy Berliner Maschinenbauschule. Pashure pokupedzisa kosi yacho pachikoro iye akakurumidza kutora basa rehofisi neboka rezvokutengeserana mabhizimisi. Zvisinei, pasinei zvapo nokubatanidzwa kwake mumaratidziro orugare mumigwagwa yeBerlin mukati ma1915 na1916, pakuguma kwa1916 akanga aunganidzwa nokuda kwebasa rehondo. Mushure mekushandira kwenguva pfupi pamwe chete nemapfuti emuchina akaendeswa ku hondo yemauto Kriegsmarine nevamwe vana avo, saiye, vakashanda semachinist. Mukuwirirana netsananguro yake amene yapashure, ikoku kwakanga kuri kuti vashanu vavo vashandiswe savanopa mazano pamusoro pepurogiramu inopfuurira kuva inotyisa yokuvaka ngarava dzepasi pegungwa iyo yakanga iri vara rinokosha reHondo Yenyika Yokutanga 1914-1918. Kumukira kweKiel kwakatanga pakutanga kwaNovember 1918 mukupindura zvaionekwa semirairo yokusava netariro uye yokuzviuraya yaibva kuvamiriri veGermany kunoonekwa zvikuru sepfundo rokupedzisira rakaparira mwedzi gumi nembiri yemhirizhonga nokupandukira muGermany yose - zvikurukuru mumadoko ehondo nomunzvimbo dzemaindasitiri - izvo zvakazozivikanwa seGermanys November revolution. Beling akanga akagara muKiel panguva iyoyo, uye akatora rutivi mukumukira, kunyange zvazvo mashoko akapona okubatanidzwa kwake pachake asina kujeka. Sezvo kupandukira kwakapararira muGermany akatamira kuBerlin kwaakatora chikamu mukumukira kweSpartacist pakutanga kwa1919. 