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The Kapp Putsch (German pronunciation: [ˈkapˌpʊt͡ʃ] ⓘ), also known as the Kapp–Lüttwitz Putsch (German pronunciation: [kapˈlʏtvɪt͡sˌpʊt͡ʃ] ⓘ), was an attempted coup against the German national government in Berlin on 13 March 1920.
Walther Karl Friedrich Ernst Emil Freiherr [1] von Lüttwitz [2] (2 February 1859 – 20 September 1942) was a German general who fought in World War 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 Weimar Republic with a military dictatorship.
The Ruhr uprising (German: Ruhraufstand), or March uprising (Märzaufstand), was a left-wing workers' revolt in the Ruhr region of Germany in March and April 1920. It was 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 used the strike as an opportunity to attempt the establishment of a ...
The uprising was sparked by the right-wing Kapp Putsch in Berlin and had as its goal the establishment of a soviet-style council republic in Germany. After an agreement to end a general strike in the region failed, the German government sent in Reichswehr (regular army) and Freikorps (paramilitary) units to put down the rebellion. They acted ...
General Walther von Lüttwitz, who initiated the Kapp Putsch. On 10 March 1920, General Walther von Lüttwitz decided to stage a coup after Reichswehr Minister Gustav Noske relieved him of the command of several Reichswehr divisions. Kapp, who was in Berlin with a delegation from East Prussia, met with Lüttwitz to help plan the coup.
Kapp-Lüttwitz Putsch (1920) Ruhr uprising (1920) March Action (1921) Cuno strikes (1923) Küstrin Putsch (1923) German October (1923) Hamburg Uprising (1923) Beer Hall Putsch (1923) Blutmai (1929) Altona Bloody Sunday (1932) 1932 Prussian coup d'état (1932) Reichstag fire (1933)
Articles relating to the Kapp Putsch, an attempted coup against the German national government in Berlin on 13 March 1920. Named after its leaders Wolfgang Kapp and Walther von Lüttwitz, its goal was to undo the German Revolution of 1918–1919, overthrow the Weimar Republic, and establish an autocratic government in its place.
The previous government, led by Gustav Bauer, also SPD, had become untenable and finally resigned on 26 March 1920 as a result of the Kapp-Lüttwitz Putsch. In the wake of the putsch's collapse, caused not least by a national general strike, the Free Trade Unions drew up an eight-point agenda as conditions for ending the strike. They demanded ...