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Wolfgang Kapp (24 July 1858 – 12 June 1922) was a German conservative and nationalist and 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 and then as director of the Agricultural Credit Institute in East Prussia .
Government poster against the Kapp Putsch, 13 March 1920. [a]After Germany had lost World War I (1914–1918), the German Revolution of 1918–1919 ended the monarchy. The German Empire was abolished and a democratic system, the Weimar Republic, was established in 1919 by the Weimar National Assembly.
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 ...
Wolfgang Kapp, the leader of the Putsch The failed right-wing Kapp Putsch takes place against the German government. The German military remains passive and the putsch is defeated by a general strike. The German Ruhr Uprising, spurred by the general strike against the Kapp Putsch, is crushed by the German military. June 4
Wolfgang Kapp, the instigator of the notorious Kapp Putsch of March 1920, was going to put to trial, but died before he could put on trial. Treaties and the Creation of Poland A number of treaties were concluded with various states, including Switzerland , the United States , Italy , Latvia , and Finland .
From 1920 to 1923, both nationalist and left-wing forces continued fighting against the Weimar Republic. In March 1920, a coup organized by Wolfgang Kapp (the Kapp Putsch) attempted to overthrow the government, but the venture collapsed within a few days under the effects of a general strike and the refusal of government employees to obey Kapp ...
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13 March – Kapp Putsch: Wolfgang Kapp and Walther von Lüttwitz attempt to overthrow the Weimar Republic and establish an autocratic government in its place. [9] 19 March – Spartacist risings occur in many different places, especially in western Prussia, Bavaria, Württemberg, and Leipzig. 27 March