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  2. Kapp Putsch - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Ruhr Red Army - Wikipedia

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    The majority of Germany's left-of-centre political parties responded to the right-wing Kapp Putsch of 13 March – 18 March 1920 with a call for a nationwide general strike. It drew around 12 million workers and was largely responsible for the quick failure of the attempted coup.

  4. Ruhr uprising - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. German revolution of 1918–1919 - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Weimar paramilitary groups - Wikipedia

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    The Kapp Putsch of March 1920, a failed attempt to overthrow the government of the Weimar Republic, drew its military support from the Freikorps, in particular the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt. It was after the failure of the Kapp Putsch, and under Allied pressure to keep both Germany's official and unofficial military forces at the 100,000 man limit ...

  7. Friedrich Ebert - Wikipedia

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    [1] [6] He then became a pub owner that became a centre of socialist and union activity and was elected party chairman of the Bremen SPD. [1] In 1900, Ebert was appointed a union secretary and elected a member of the Bremer Bürgerschaft (city and state assembly) as the representative of the Social Democratic Party. [ 7 ]

  8. Category:Kapp Putsch - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Hermann Ehrhardt - Wikipedia

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    The brigade fought against the local soviet republics that arose during the German Revolution of 1918–1919 and later was among the key players in the anti-republican Kapp Putsch of March 1920. After the brigade's forced disbanding, Ehrhardt used the remnants of his unit to found the Organisation Consul , a secret group that committed numerous ...