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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Ruhr uprising (category Kapp Putsch)
government, the unions, and other parties in response to the right-wing Kapp Putsch of 13 March 1920. Communists and other socialists in the Ruhr had previously...
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The Beer Hall Putsch, also known as the Munich Putsch, was a failed coup d'état by Nazi Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP)...
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Reichswehr (section Passivity during the Kapp Putsch)
during the Kapp Putsch in the Ruhr and Saxony, was ruthlessly put down with the active involvement of the Reichswehr.) As a result of the Kapp Putsch, Noske...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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on 13 March 1920 as a reaction to the Kapp Putsch. While the middle and upper classes feared a left-wing putsch, 300,000 mine workers supported the Ruhr...
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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. Erich Ludendorff came from a family of minor nobility...
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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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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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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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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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Coup d'état (redirect from Putsch)
coups in Weimar Germany, such as the 1920 Kapp Putsch, Küstrin Putsch, and Adolf Hitler's 1923 Beer Hall Putsch. The 1934 Night of the Long Knives was Hitler's...
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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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Hermann Ehrhardt (category Kapp Putsch participants)
1918–1919 and later was among the key players in the anti-democratic Kapp Putsch of March 1920. After the brigade's forced disbanding, Ehrhardt used the...
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(regular army) with border security troops in the east. At the time of the Kapp Putsch in 1920, he took the Weimar Republic's side. He subsequently resigned...
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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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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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early days of the German Revolution of 1918–1919, and during the 1920 Kapp Putsch he was instrumental in organizing the general strike that helped defeat...
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most clearly illustrated by Seeckt's role during the Kapp Putsch of March 1920. During the Putsch, Seeckt disobeyed orders from the Defence Minister Gustav...
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