The Kapp Putsch-1920 Flashcards
1
Q
Who was involved?
A
Freikorps units led by Wolfgang Kapp
2
Q
Who did the government order? Why? What year?
A
1920 the government ordered that the Freikorps brigades be disbanded but it had little need for them now that left-wing groups had been crushed
3
Q
How many Freikorps marched to Berlin?
A
12,000
4
Q
What were the government forced to do?
A
Flee
5
Q
Who was put forward as the new leader of Germany? By who?
A
The Freikorps put forward Kapp
6
Q
Kapp and Freikorps failed to win what which influenced their unsuccessness?
A
Support
7
Q
What happens in protest of the Putsch?
A
Workers went on strike
8
Q
What did this make impossible?
A
Kapp to rule
9
Q
After how many days just Kapp glee and who’s government returned?
A
Kapp fled and Ebert’s government returned
