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GCSE History · key term
An attempt to overthrow a government by force.
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Paper 1
Revise: Weimar DemocracyAfter leaving the hall, the three leaders withdrew their support, and the Bavarian authorities ordered the army and police to stop the putsch. During the night, SA leader Ernst Röhm attempted to seize important buildings, but poor communication and the army’s refusal to join undermined the plan.
Paper 3
An attempt to overthrow a government and seize power by force.
Revise: Early ChallengesIn March 1920, around 5,000 Freikorps troops entered Berlin and supported Wolfgang Kapp, a right-wing politician, as the leader of a replacement government. This was the Kapp Putsch: an attempt to seize power by force.
Distinguish the Munich Putsch’s immediate failure from its longer-term consequences: Hitler gained publicity at his trial and subsequently focused on gaining power through elections.
Keep the two uprisings distinct: the government used the Freikorps against the Spartacists, but a workers’ general strike defeated the Kapp Putsch.
Distinguish immediate failure from longer-term benefits for Hitler. Publicity and a change of strategy did not mean that the putsch achieved its aims.
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