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The Beer Hall Putsch, also known as the Munich Putsch, [1] [note 1] was a failed coup d'état by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler, Generalquartiermeister Erich Ludendorff and other Kampfbund leaders in Munich, Bavaria, on 8–9 November 1923, during the period of the Weimar Republic.
Weimar Republic Nazi Germany West Germany NATO: Service / branch: Army of Württemberg Reichsheer Army Bundeswehr: Years of service: 1914–1945 1955–1963: Rank: Generalleutnant (Wehrmacht) General : Commands: NATO forces in Central Europe, 1957–1963: Battles / wars: First World War Second World War: Awards: Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
The October events formed a part of the existential crisis of the Weimar Republic in 1923. Three major events in 1923, the occupation of the Ruhr, separatist unrest in the Rhineland and the Palatinate, and the danger of Hitler's far-right beer hall putsch in Bavaria spreading across the country put the Weimar Republic government under extreme ...
Federal elections were held in Germany 4 May 1924 to elect the second Reichstag of the Weimar Republic. [1]The elections took place in the wake of several national crises the previous year: hyperinflation, the occupation of the Ruhr, conflict between the federal and state governments, as well as the Beer Hall Putsch and German October.
Ludwig August Theodor Beck (German: [ˈluːt.vɪç bɛk] ⓘ; 29 June 1880 – 20 July 1944) was a German general and Chief of the German General Staff during the early years of the Nazi regime in Germany before World War II.
In the end, the right-wing extremists were successful, and the Weimar Republic came to an end with the ascent of Hitler and the National Socialist Party. Impact on the Weimar Republic The Revolution of 1918/19 is one of the most important events in the modern history of Germany, yet it is poorly embedded in the historical memory of Germans. [ 137 ]
Heusinger was born in Holzminden, in the Duchy of Brunswick, German Empire.He entered the Prussian Army in 1915 and became a Leutnant in 1916. [1] After the end of the First World War (1918), Heusinger returned from British captivity [2] in Yorkshire in December 1919 and in 1920 joined the Reichswehr of the Weimar Republic.
Das Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold: Republikschutz und politische Gewalt in der Weimarer Republik [The Banner Black-Red-Gold: Republican defense and political violence in the Weimar Republic]. Franz Steiner Verlag. ISBN 978-3515124676. Jones, Mark (2018). Founding Weimar: Violence and the German Revolution of 1918–1919. Cambridge: Cambridge ...