uprisings (su&kp) Flashcards
(15 cards)
The Spartacists were…
communists led by Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Leibnecht
What did the spartacists want?
Germany to be run by the working classes. They believed that power and wealth should be shared equally among the population. They wanted to replicate the Russian Revolution.
SU when (month)
Jan 1919
SU what happened first
Occupied the HQ of the government, newspaper and telephone offices.
Organised a general strike of 100k
SU what gov do
turned to the Freikorps - units of paramilitary former soldiers
SU end
Freikorps put down the revolt - 100 workers were killed
SU leaders ends
Luxemburg was captured by the freikorps, assaulted, then shot and her body was dumped in the river.
Leibknecht was also shot by Freikorps
KP were
12k Freikorps
KP what happened first
Freikorps marched on Berlin and Kapp proclaimed a new government
KP what gov do
Ebert appealed to the people for help
KP what left do
organised a general strike to paralyse Berlin - even bankers refused to recognise Kapp’s government
Essential supplies such as gas, water and electricity were disrupted and city was unable to function
KP leaders end
Kapp fled to Sweden
KP made the gov
look weak: outlined that the government had little military power - The government had to rely on the workers (not the army) to stop the Putsch which outlined that they could not control their own capital.
KP when month
March 1920
KP when month
March 1920
