The Kapp Putsch
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
The Kapp Putsch
Who was involved, causes and outcomes
Putsch: a violent attempt to overthrow the government; a coup.
Main ideas: who the main players in the Putsch were, why the Putsch arose and how events unfolded
Main ideas: who the main players in the Putsch were, why the Putsch arose and how events unfolded
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who wAS INVOLVED?
- Gustav Noske
- Gen. Walther von Luttwitz
- Wolfgang Kapp
Right wing support, people opposed to Ebert's government signing the Treaty of Versailles
Write down names, explain significance in proceedings next
Write down names, explain significance in proceedings next
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CAUSES OF THE PUTSCH
- Treaty of Versailles
- Noske - disband 2 Freikorps units (12,000 men)
- Gen. Hans von Seeckt & Lundendorff non-committal but sympathetic
1. Large right-wing opposition to the Treaty long term cause, disarmament clause shirt-term cause of Putsch
2. Noske ordered two Freikorps units to disband (12,000 men) as part of disarmament clause
- Gen. Luttwitz, commanding general, refused to disband one, govt. ordered his arrest
-Luttwitz marched troops to Berlin in protest with support from sympathetic officers, right wing civil servant/politician Wolfgang Kapp determined to turn into a Putsch
2. Noske ordered two Freikorps units to disband (12,000 men) as part of disarmament clause
- Gen. Luttwitz, commanding general, refused to disband one, govt. ordered his arrest
-Luttwitz marched troops to Berlin in protest with support from sympathetic officers, right wing civil servant/politician Wolfgang Kapp determined to turn into a Putsch
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Ebert's actions
- Ebert & Government withdrew to Dresden
- Trade union strikes
- Ebert's government returned
- Kapp & Luttwitz forced to flee
1. The tensions in Berlin forced Ebert and his government to withdraw to Dresden, just south of Berlin and the army called in to quash the Putsch
2. While the Putsch was expected to gain large support, tensions between the military and civilians were high thus trade unions called strikes across Berlin, encouraged by the socialists of Ebert's government, and the Putsch sunsequently collapsed in 4 days
2. While the Putsch was expected to gain large support, tensions between the military and civilians were high thus trade unions called strikes across Berlin, encouraged by the socialists of Ebert's government, and the Putsch sunsequently collapsed in 4 days
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Reasons for Failure
- Lack of leadership
- Didn't spread out of Berlin
- Government continued relocated
- Tired of revolution
- Union strikes
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Outcomes of the Putsch
- Army not to be trusted
- Civil servants can be disloyal
- The working class is powerful
- Government weak without army
- Right wing leniency
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Task:
List the similarities and differences between the Kapp Putsch and the Sparacist Uprising 1919
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Similarities
- Leaders: charismatic political extremists
- Aim: overthrow govt.
- Centred: Berlin
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Differences
- Spartacists anti-war, Kapp Putsch supported army
- Kapp - right wing, monarchist; Spartacists - left wing, communist revolution
- Kapp - supported by Freikorps
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