nov 8, 1923 - Beer Hall Putsch

Description:

what:
abortive attempt by Adolf Hitler and Erich Ludendorff to start an insurrection in Germany against the Wiemar Republic.

cause:
attempted coup in Munich by right-wing members of the army and the Nazi Party was foiled by the government, and Hitler was charged with high treason.

effect:
it led to a split between Hitler and Ludendorff; the general considered Hitler a coward for sneaking away after the police had begun to fire. Second, Hitler decided that armed revolution was not the way to obtain power in Wiemar Germany.