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If you like my videos and want to make sure that I make more of them, you can support me here: https://ko-fi.com/sirmanatee This episode provides a deep dive into the events surrounding the Kapp-Lüttwitz Putsch, a failed coup attempt that shook Germany in 1920. It was the most dangerous threat that the young and unstable Weimar Republic had to face up to this point. Disgruntled paramilitary forces, anti-republican members of the military and conservative politicians all conspired to overthrow the government and to establish a new, authoritarian state. But what was the background of the coup? Who partook in it and why? What role did the working class play? And why was the putsch of such little actual consequence, despite its sheer magnitude? Literature: - Erger, Johannes: Der Kapp-Lüttwitz-Putsch. Ein Beitrag zur deutschen Innenpolitik 1919/20, Düsseldorf 1967. - Lohalm, Uwe: Völkischer Radikalismus. Die Geschichte des Deutschvölkischen Schutz- und Trutz-Bundes 1919-1923, Hamburg 1970. - Miller, Susanne: Die Bürde der Macht. Die deutsche Sozialdemokratie 1918 - 1920, Düsseldorf 1978. - Möller, Horst: Die Weimarer Republik. Demokratie in der Krise, München 2018. - Schulze, Hagen: Weimar. Deutschland 1917-1933, Berlin 1982. - Winkler, Heinrich August: Von der Revolution zur Stabilisierung. Arbeiter und Arbeiterbewegung in der Weimarer Republik 1918-1924, 2nd Edition, Bonn 1985. - Winkler, Heinrich August: Weimar 1918-1933. Die Geschichte der ersten deutschen Demokratie, München 2018. Chapters: 0:00 Problems of the young Weimar Republic 1:28 The disloyal Reichswehr 4:12 The Freikorps 6:01 A Conspiracy is brewing 11:09 Kapp-Lüttwitz-Putsch 15:01 The Workers fight back 19:22 End of the Coup Attempt 22:53 Consequences 27:13 Outro