POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
POST WAR EUROPE
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Wolfgang Hat
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Wolgang Kapp
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Wolfgang Lapp
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Wolfgang Kat
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Detailed explanation-1: -In March of 1920 a right wing group, led by Wolfgang Kapp rose in Berlin. This group consisted of members of the paramilitary Freikorps. The Kapp Putsch gained support from leading members of the military such as General Ludendorff .
Detailed explanation-2: -During 13-17 March 1920, as a reaction to this, the right-wing nationalist, Dr Wolfgang Kapp led a Freikorps takeover in Berlin. The regular army refused to attack the Freikorps; Kapp was only defeated when the workers of Berlin went on strike and refused to cooperate with him.
Detailed explanation-3: -When around 5, 000 Freikorps marched on Berlin, Ebert initially ordered the German Army to stop the rebellion. However, the Army refused to do anything as they did not wish to act against former soldiers.
Detailed explanation-4: -Wolfgang Kapp, (born July 24, 1858, New York, N.Y., U.S.-died June 12, 1922, Leipzig, Ger.), reactionary Prussian politician who led the Kapp Putsch (1920), which attempted to overthrow the fledgling Weimar Republic and establish a rightist dictatorship.