The Munich Putsh 1923
The Munich Putsch 1923
1.Who was involved?
The Beer Hall Putsch (also known as the Munich Putsch) was a failed attempt at revolution that occurred between the evening of 8 November and the early afternoon of 9 November 1923, when Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler, Generalquartiermeister Erich Ludendorff, and other heads of the Kampfbund unsuccessfully attempted to seize power in Munich. Hitler started the march to the center of Munich with 2000 men. In the ensuing confrontation with police forces, sixteen Nazis and three policemen were killed.
2.What as its aim?
The goal of the Munich Putsch, was for the Nazi Party to take over the government of Bavaria in November 1923.
3.Why did it fail?
The Munich Putsch failed because of poor planning, misjudgement and resulted in the subsequent imprisonment of Adolf Hitler. Hitler tried to take advantage of the crisis facing the Weimar government by instigating a revolution in Munich.
4.What short term impact did failure have on the Nazi party?
The Nazi party was banned, and Hitler was prevented from speaking in public until 1927. Hitler went to prison, where he wrote 'Mein Kampf'. Millions of Germans read it, and Hitler's ideas became very well-known. Hitler decided that he would never come to power by revolution; he realised that he would have to use constitutional means, so he organised: the Hitler Youth, propaganda campaigns, mergers with other right-wing parties, local branches of the party, which tried to get Nazis elected to the Reichstag, the SS as his personal bodyguard, which was set up in 1925 It was this strategy of gaining power legitimately that eventually brought him to power.
5.How were Hitler’s long-term plans affected by the failure at Munich?
Hitler was prevented from speaking publicly until 1927, which prevented him from being able to get his views across to the German People directly. This meant that many of the things Hitler wanted to do had to be postponed.
1.Who was involved?
The Beer Hall Putsch (also known as the Munich Putsch) was a failed attempt at revolution that occurred between the evening of 8 November and the early afternoon of 9 November 1923, when Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler, Generalquartiermeister Erich Ludendorff, and other heads of the Kampfbund unsuccessfully attempted to seize power in Munich. Hitler started the march to the center of Munich with 2000 men. In the ensuing confrontation with police forces, sixteen Nazis and three policemen were killed.
2.What as its aim?
The goal of the Munich Putsch, was for the Nazi Party to take over the government of Bavaria in November 1923.
3.Why did it fail?
The Munich Putsch failed because of poor planning, misjudgement and resulted in the subsequent imprisonment of Adolf Hitler. Hitler tried to take advantage of the crisis facing the Weimar government by instigating a revolution in Munich.
4.What short term impact did failure have on the Nazi party?
The Nazi party was banned, and Hitler was prevented from speaking in public until 1927. Hitler went to prison, where he wrote 'Mein Kampf'. Millions of Germans read it, and Hitler's ideas became very well-known. Hitler decided that he would never come to power by revolution; he realised that he would have to use constitutional means, so he organised: the Hitler Youth, propaganda campaigns, mergers with other right-wing parties, local branches of the party, which tried to get Nazis elected to the Reichstag, the SS as his personal bodyguard, which was set up in 1925 It was this strategy of gaining power legitimately that eventually brought him to power.
5.How were Hitler’s long-term plans affected by the failure at Munich?
Hitler was prevented from speaking publicly until 1927, which prevented him from being able to get his views across to the German People directly. This meant that many of the things Hitler wanted to do had to be postponed.