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Munich Putsch
What Happened?
On the night of 8 November 1923, Hitler and 600 storm troopers burst into a meeting that Kahr and Lossow were holding at the local Beer Hall. Waving a gun at them, Hitler forced them to agree to rebel - and then let them go home. The SA took over the army headquarters and the offices of the local newspaper.
The next day, 9 November 1923, Hitler and his Nazis went into Munich on what they thought would be a triumphal march to take power.
But then, on 4 October 1923, Kahr and Lossow called off the rebellion. This was an impossible situation for Hitler, who had 3,000 troops ready to fight.
However, Kahr had called in police and army reinforcements. There was a short scuffle in which the police killed 14 Nazis and 4 policemen.
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During the crisis of 1923, Hitler plotted with two nationalist politicians - Kahr and Lossow - to take over Munich in a revolution.
Hitler fled, but was arrested two days later.
Causes of Munich Putsch
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Stresemann's Goverment
Stresemann had been appointed Chancellor in 1923. Hitler realised that his new goverment might get on top of Germany's economic problems soon, so he needed to act before the unrest died down
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The SA (Brown Shirts)
Hitler had a huge army of Storm troopers, but he knew he would loose control of them if he did not give them something to do
Growth of Nazis
By 1923, The Nazi party had 55,000 members + was stronger than ever before
Situation in Germany
Hyperinflation + Occupation of the Ruhr had made life hard for German People and the Weimar Republic was on the verge of Collapse. Hitler wanted to exploit this discontent