 In August 1918, Lüttwitz became "General der Infantrie".After the armistice and the German Revolution in 1918, on 28 December the "Rat der Volksbeauftragten", the provisional German government, appointed him commander-in-chief of the German military in Berlin and vicinity ("Befehlshaber der Truppen in und um Berlin" and "Oberbefehlshaber in den Marken").Besides being in command of all the regular forces of the demobilizing Imperial Army in that region, he was also in charge of all the "Freikorps" in the area.