Summary 2 - The Kapp Putsch - 1920 Flashcards
When was the government obliged to put into effect the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?
January 1920
In February 1920, the defence minister Gustav Noske ordered how many Freikorps units to disband?
Two
In February 1920, Gustav Noske ordered two Freikorps units to disband, how many men did they consist of?
12000
The Freikorps units that were ordered to disband were stationed how many miles from Berlin?
12
Which commanding general refused to order the disbanding of one of the Feikorps units?
Walther von Luttwitz
How did the government react to general Walther von Luttwitz refusal to disband one of the Freikorps units?
They ordered his arrest
How did general Walther von Luttwitz react to the government ordering his arrest?
He decided to march his troops to Berlin to protest
Who supported Walther von Luttwitz in his march on Berlin?
Wolfgang Kapp ( a right wing civil servant)
How did Ebert respond to the march on Berlin?
He fled Berlin
He sent in the army to crush the putsch ( just as he had done a year prior in crushing the Spatakist Uprising )
Why did the army refuse to fire on the Freikorp?
German soldiers don’t shoot fellow German soldiers
Ebert could not use his army, what did he do instead?
He asked the leaders of the trade unions to call a general strike
Kapp was made leader of the new government, why did this not last?
The strikes ground Berlin to a halt making the running of government impossible, Kapp’s new government collapsed
What did the Kapp Putsch show about support for the government from the people?
The general strike proved to be successful, the government had the support of the people. ( This was before the hyperinflation crisis )
