Kapp Putsch

• When was the Kapp Putsch?


  13th March -> 17th March 1920
• What side was the Kapp Putsch?


  Right wing extremists
• What group was involved in the Kapp Putsch?


  The Freikorps
• Who was the leader of the Kapp Putsch?


  Dr Wolfgang Kapp
• What was the cause of the Kapp Putsch?


  the Freikorps were expected to be disbanded -> which lead to anger
• Why did the Kapp Putsch fail?


  the workers in Berlin went on strike -> cannot run a country if everyone is on strike
• What was the significance of the Kapp Putsch?

  the regular army refused to attack the Freikorps