Kap Putsch 1 Flashcards
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Who were the Freidkorps
unemployed, criminals but mostly middle class soldiers returned from war.
what was the kapp putsch
an illegal attempt to overthrow the weimar government
why did they want to overthrow the government
they didn’t believe they had lost the war, and by signing the tov the government had accepted defeat
when was the kap putsch
march 1920
why did the freidkorps need to be disbanded
because according to the tov, they had a reduced army, so there was no space for them
- also because Ebert sensed they were a threat
where they right or left wing
right
WHO LED THE KAPP PUTSCH
Wolfgang kapp
what were the freikorps aiming to achieve
they wanted to form a new right wing government
how was the kapp putsch stopped
the government encouraged workers to go on strike, and so berlin was paralysed and kapp was forced to give up
what did ebert do after this uprising
he disbanded the freiskorps because they were becoming a threat
how the uprising came about and how it was stopped event
- freidkorps were disbanded due to TOV
- because of this, they were unemployed and so decided to march into berlin armed
- they gained control of berlin and Ebert fled to weimar
- from Weimar, they encourage citizens in berlin to go on strike ( people didn’t want freidkorps because they were planning on bringing the kaiser back and they didn’t want that)
- people go on strike and so there is no water, electricity or transport
- Wolfgang kapp realises he can’t continue and tries to flee
- he is captured and put in prison and weimar government comes back
