The Kapp Putsch (German pronunciation: [ˈkapˌpʊt͡ʃ] ), also known as the Kapp–Lüttwitz Putsch (German pronunciation: [kapˈlʏtvɪt͡sˌpʊt͡ʃ] ), was an attempted...
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political activist who is best known for his involvement in the 1920 Kapp Putsch. He spent most of his career working for the Prussian Ministry of Finance...
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the state". During the 1920 Kapp Putsch, Seeckt refused to deploy the Reichswehr against the Freikorps involved in the putsch, but immediately afterwards...
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The Beer Hall Putsch, also known as the Munich Putsch, was a failed coup d'état by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler, Generalquartiermeister Erich Ludendorff...
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Reichswehr (section Passivity during the Kapp Putsch)
began during the Kapp Putsch, was ruthlessly put down with the active involvement of the Reichswehr.) As a result of the Kapp Putsch, Noske was replaced...
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all of them sided with the anti-republicans. The putsch attempt collapsed after six days. The Kapp Putsch and ensuing general strike led to a profound break...
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failed Kapp Putsch where together with almost the entire naval officer corps he declared himself openly for the "government" of Wolfgang Kapp against...
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Waldemar Pabst (category Kapp Putsch participants)
Freikorps. Pabst played a leading role in the failed Kapp Putsch and, along with Wolfgang Kapp and the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt of Hermann Ehrhardt, was...
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Ruhr uprising (category Kapp Putsch)
triggered by the call for a general strike in response to the right-wing Kapp Putsch of 13 March 1920 and became an armed rebellion when radical left workers...
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Area. It grew out of the widespread strike movement that defeated the Kapp Putsch. On 20 January 1920 Alexandre Millerand succeeded Georges Clemenceau...
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Walther von Lüttwitz (category Kapp Putsch participants)
I. Lüttwitz is best known for being the driving force behind the Kapp–Lüttwitz Putsch of 1920 which attempted to replace the democratic government of the...
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and anarchist uprisings as well as those from the right, including the Kapp Putsch, a legacy that has made him a controversial historical figure. Ebert...
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especially officers, went to Bavaria and joined the Nazi Party. Beer Hall Putsch Kapp Putsch Gordon, Harold J. (1957). The Reichswehr and the German Republic 1919–1926...
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significant Army officers around him and launched the Kapp–Lüttwitz Putsch. The success of the Putsch would open up a possibility of a recommencement of...
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Erich Ludendorff (category Kapp Putsch participants)
the Weimar Republic, he took part in the failed 1920 Kapp Putsch and Hitler's 1923 Beer Hall Putsch, thereby contributing significantly to the Nazis' rise...
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the Weimar Republic. In March 1920, a coup organized by Wolfgang Kapp (the Kapp Putsch) attempted to overthrow the government, but the venture collapsed...
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of suppressing revolts and communist uprisings. After the failed Kapp-Lütwitz Putsch in March 1920 that the Freikorps participated in, the Freikorps'...
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Erich Raeder (category Kapp Putsch participants)
failed Kapp Putsch when, together with almost the entire naval officer corps, he declared himself openly for the "government" of Wolfgang Kapp against...
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in Germany's Ruhr region. The uprising was sparked by the right-wing Kapp Putsch in Berlin and had as its goal the establishment of a soviet-style council...
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1920 Kapp Putsch. It was called by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and received such broad support that it resulted in the collapse of the putsch. The...
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Marinebrigade Ehrhardt (category Kapp Putsch)
was one of the main supporters of the Kapp Putsch that tried to overthrow the Weimar Republic. After the putsch failed and the brigade was disbanded in...
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included the 1920 attempt to overthrow the Weimar government, known as the Kapp Putsch. The Nazi Party of Adolf Hitler had a party flag based on the old colours...
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Bruno Ernst Buchrucker (category Kapp Putsch participants)
As garrison commander in Cottbus, Buchrucker supported the March 1920 Kapp Putsch against the German government. On 13 March mutinous troops occupied the...
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Party of Germany) on the charge that the Party was preparing to stage a putsch. Speaking to Rudolph Diels about communists during the Reichstag fire, Hitler...
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Cemetery in Weimar, Germany that memorializes workers killed in the 1920 Kapp Putsch. A 1920 design produced by Walter Gropius, in collaboration with Fred...
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Hermann Ehrhardt (category Kapp Putsch participants)
1918–1919 and later was among the key players in the anti-republican Kapp Putsch of March 1920. After the brigade's forced disbanding, Ehrhardt used the...
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Carl Severing (section Kapp Putsch and Ruhr uprising)
praise for doing so with a minimum use of force. Following the 1920 Kapp Putsch, Severing was named Prussian interior minister. During his three terms...
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created Ministry of the Reichswehr of the Weimar Republic. During the Kapp Putsch of 1920, Reinhardt remained loyal to the elected government and was one...
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William Kapp (1891–1969), American architect Wolfgang Kapp (1858–1922), German political activist and journalist, leader of the Kapp Putsch Osvald Käpp (1905–1995)...
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January: The Treaty of Versailles becomes effective. 13–17 March: The Kapp Putsch, an attempt by a group of right-wing extremists to take power in Berlin...
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