kapp putsch

• wolfgang kapp led a right-wing group that tried to take over germany
• in march 1920, kapp gathered around 5000 free corps, and took over berlin.
• he aimed to take over the whole country and then recover the lands germany had lost in the treaty of versailles
• president ebert and the rest of the government fled from berlin
• most workers refused to support kapp and went on strike, resulting in no gas, electricity, water or trains
• after 100 hours kapp gave in and fled abroad
• ebert and his government returned to berlin