WORLD HISTORY

INTER WAR YEARS 1919 TO 1939

NAZISM IN GERMANY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was used to put down the Spartacist uprising?
A
The SS
B
The SA
C
The Freikorps
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Gustav Noske deployed Freikorps and Reichswehr units against them and against the soviet republics set up in several major German cities. All were violently put down, the last being the Bavarian Soviet Republic which fell on 3 May.

Detailed explanation-2: -Newspaper and communication buildings were seized and the demonstrators armed themselves. However, many protesters returned home frustrated at the lack of planning by the Spartacists. The Government, which had moved to Weimar to avoid the violence, employed the Freikorps to put down the rising.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Weimar Republic crushed the uprising with the help of a war veterans organisations called Free Corps. The Spartacist founded the Communist Party of Germany.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Spartacist League was another political party in Germany that opposed the Weimer Republic. They supported Soviet style governance. They were opposed by the Socialists, Democrats, Catholics and were crushed by the Free Corps.

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