Weimar Germany: The Kapp Putsch of 1920 The of March 1920 was a right-wing coup attempt aimed at overthrowing the fledgling Weimar Republic and establishing an autocratic government. While the coup successfully seized control of Berlin for several days, it ultimately collapsed due to a massive general strike and the refusal of the civil service to cooperate. 1. Origins and Causes
: The event highlighted that the Republic could not rely on its own army to defend it against right-wing threats, a weakness that would persist throughout the 1920s. WEIMAR GERMANY: Kapp Putsch 1920
: 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. Weimar Germany: The Kapp Putsch of 1920 The