2.1.4 The Kapp Putsch

• Features of 1920 Kapp Putsch

  1. Caused by disarmament and demilitarisation policy
  2. Walther von Luttwitz and 12,000 Freikorps members captured Berlin
  3. Ebert appealed to unions to call a general strike, meaning the Putsch only lasted 4 days due to a lack of popular support