mar 13, 1920 - Berlin Kapp Putsch
Description:
on March 13, 1920 the Erhardt Brigade, a rebellious military unit, marched into berlin as part of the first serious rightist attempt to destroy the republic and seize power. This brigade, a Freikorps unit that had fought in the Baltic under Captain Hermann Erhardt, had refused orderrs to demobilize it was greeted in Berlin by the civil servant Wolfang Kapp and General Walther Luttwitz who proclaimed a new government of national unity.Added to timeline:
Date:
mar 13, 1920
Now
~ 105 years ago