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• • By 1920, Ebert’s government struggled to control the Freikorps.
• • In March 1920, Freikorps units near Berlin were set to be disbanded.
• • Fearing unemployment, 5,000 armed Freikorps men marched on Berlin.
• • Ebert ordered General Seeckt, head of the Reichswehr, to resist, but Seeckt refused, stating, "Reichswehr does not fire upon Reichswehr."
• • The rebels controlled Berlin and appointed nationalist politician Wolfgang Kapp as their leader.
• • They declared a new government and invited the Kaiser to return from exile.
• • The legitimate government fled to Weimar and then to Stuttgart.
• • Unable to quell the revolt by force, the government urged a general strike.
• • Workers, with socialist leanings, complied, halting essential services and paralyzing the capital.
• • After four days, Kapp realized he could not govern and fled.
• • Kapp was caught, imprisoned, and later died in prison.
• • The rebellion collapsed, and the Weimar ministers returned to power.