The Kapp Putsch
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- The Kapp Putsch
- 1920: Eberts government was struggling to control the Freikorps.
- 1920 MAR: freikorps units near Berlin were to be disbanded
- In fear of being unemployed they turned their arms against the republic.
- 5000 armed men marched of Berlin.
- soon controlled the city: put forward a nationalist politician Wolfgang Kapp, as a figurehead leader.
- In fear of being unemployed they turned their arms against the republic.
- 1920 MAR: freikorps units near Berlin were to be disbanded
- members of the real Gov fled in fear of their lives.
- they urged people not to cooperate and instead go on strike, as they could not put it down by force.
- many workers obliged: they didn't want to see the return of the Kaiser.
- essential services - gas, water etc. - stopped and the capital ground to a halt.
- after 4 days, Kapp realised he could no govern and he fled but was caught and put in prison.
- they urged people not to cooperate and instead go on strike, as they could not put it down by force.
- 1920: Eberts government was struggling to control the Freikorps.
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