: The strike led to a brief communist uprising in the Ruhr region (the Ruhr Red Army), which the government—ironically—used the Reichswehr to suppress violently.
: Public transport, electricity, water, and postal services in Berlin and other major cities ground to a halt.
: Post-war inflation and social unrest created a volatile environment where radical groups on both the left and right felt the republic was weak and illegitimate. 2. The Events of March 1920 WEIMAR GERMANY: Kapp Putsch 1920
: A civil servant and nationalist politician, Kapp was declared the new Chancellor. He was supported by General Walther von Lüttwitz, the military mastermind behind the coup.
: The aftermath showed a clear bias in the legal system. While left-wing rebels were often executed or given long sentences, Kapp Putsch participants received remarkably light punishments. Wolfgang Kapp died before he could be tried, and most others were granted amnesty. : The strike led to a brief communist
The turning point came when the fleeing government and trade unions called for a . This was the largest strike in German history, involving approximately 12 million workers.
: The Weimar government, including President Friedrich Ebert and Chancellor Gustav Bauer, fled the city to Dresden and then Stuttgart. : The aftermath showed a clear bias in the legal system
The Kapp Putsch remains a critical case study in how can defeat a military coup, yet it also served as a warning of the internal enemies that would eventually facilitate the rise of the Nazi party.