History: Kapp Putsch

• When was the Kapp Putsch?


  March 1920
• What did the freikorps believe in?

  Nationalism - anti democratic (1 strong leader)
• Who led the kapp putsch?


  Wolfgang Kapp
• what Happened During the kapp putsch?

  the freikorps, (ex soldiers) refused to give their arms back to the government and instead planned to invade/takeover Berlin and form a right wing government
• How many member of the freikorps were involved in the kapp putsch?


  12,000
• Where did the government flee during the kapp putsch?


  Weimar
• How did the army react to the freikorps attempt of a takeover?


  they refused to fire on former soldiers
• What were Wolfgang Kapp’s aims?


  Rebuilt the German army and take back the land lost in the treaty of Versailles
• How long did the kapp putsch last?


  4 days
• What were the governments attempts to stop the invasion?

  Ordered a general strike (workers refused to co-operate, banks refused the putsch money and all modes of transport stopped)
• What happened to the members of the kapp putsch after the takeover collapsed?


  They fled abroad but were never punished by the goverment (weimar looked weak)