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The Kapp Putsch (participants pictured), an attempted coup aiming to undo the German Revolution of 1918–1919, briefly ousted the government of the Weimar Republic.
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Kapp Putsch
1920 failed coup in the Weimar Republic
The Kapp Putsch, also known as the Kapp–Lüttwitz Putsch, was an abortive coup d'état against the German national government in Berlin on 13 March 1920. Named after its leaders Wolfgang Kapp and Walther von Lüttwitz, its goal was to undo the German Revolution of 1918–1919,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Coup d'état
Deposition of a government
A coup d'état, or simply a coup, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership. A self-coup is said to take place when a leader, having come to power through legal means, tries to stay in power…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
German revolution of 1918–1919
Overthrow of the German Empire and creation of the Weimar Republic
The German revolution of 1918–1919, also known as the November Revolution, was an uprising started by workers and soldiers in the final days of World War I. It quickly and almost bloodlessly brought down the German Empire, then, in its more violent second stage, the supporters…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Weimar Republic
German state from 1918 to 1933
The Weimar Republic, officially known as the German Reich, was the German state from 1919 to 1933, during which it was a constitutional republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic. The period's…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)