The Munich Putsch and its aftermath

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  • Long term causes of the Munich Putsch:
    • The ' dolchtoss '
    • Reparations
    • Loss of colonies
    • Resentment of the Weimar government, such as from the Bavarian government
  • Medium term causes of the Munich Putsch:
    • Hitler was inspired by the fascists, which was an Italian party lead by Mussolini
    • Mussolini and the facists marched into Rome in 1922 and took over the democratic government, which inspired Hitler
  • Short term causes of the Munich Putsch:
    • Hyperinflation
    • French invasion of Ruhr which took over German businesses
    • Hitler believed he had enough support to march into Berlin
  • Timeline of the Munich Putsch
    A) 8
    B) 600
    C) beer hall
    D) gunpoint
    E) local police
    F) ludendorff
    G) 1000
    H) 2000
    I) munich town centre
    J) fire
    K) arrested
    L) 11
    M) hiding
    N) arrested
  • Due to the putsch, the NSDAP was banned and Hitler was put into prison. The Putsch failed due to a lack of support
  • The positive long term consequences of the Munich Putsch:
    • He used his time in prison to write Mein Kampf ( my struggle ), which expressed his ideas about politics and Jews
    • It made Hitler realize he needed to be more organised and rethink his tactics to win votes, rather than using violence
  • Hitler was released from prison after 9 months and the ban of the NSDAP was lifted in 1925
  • To secure Hitler's vision of the nazi party, he organised the Hamburg conference in 1926, to address splits between the socialist and nationalist wings of the party