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The Kapp Putsch.
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The Kapp Putsch was a direct threat to Weimar's new government. General Luttwitz who led a group of Freikorps assisted Kapp. On March 13th, 1920, Luttwitz seized Berlin and proclaimed that a new right of centre nationalist government was being established with Kapp as chancellor. Ebert had no immediate response to this in the sense that he could not impose his will on the situation. For the second time, he had to leave his capital - once again undermining his status and to some emphasising his weak position within Germany. The government reconvened in Dresden and the only card Ebert could play was to call for a general strike to paralyse the movement of those who supported Kapp and Luttwitz. Kapp received support from one of Germany's foremost military officers - General Erich Luderndorff. But the main officer corps of the German Army failed to follow Luderndorff's lead. It is possible that...
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