WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The coup of March 13, 1920, led by Wolfgang Kapp, a provincial bureaucrat who planned a restoration of the monarchy, collapsed after a few days, but Ebert’s dream of a reconciliation between the army and the Social Democrats was shattered. Soon thereafter, the government was confronted by a near-fatal crisis.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Kapp Putsch of 1920 involved a rebellion by members of the Freikorps when the Weimar Government tried to disband them. When around 5, 000 Freikorps marched on Berlin, Ebert initially ordered the German Army to stop the rebellion.

Detailed explanation-3: -Named after its leaders Wolfgang Kapp and Walther von Lüttwitz, its goal was to undo the German Revolution of 1918–1919, overthrow the Weimar Republic, and establish an autocratic government in its place.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -“The pervasive social and political discontent growing out of Germans’ grievances, justified or not, soon had consequences. A right-wing coup d’état in March 1920, the Kapp Putsch–named for its leader, Wolfgang Kapp–failed only because of a general strike.