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Why Was the Munich Putsch of 1923 Unsuccessful?
The Munich Putsch was unsuccessful because of bad preparation. The putsch consisted of the Nazis storming into a beer hall containing a meeting of anion politicians, and with speeches and private conversations Hitler persuaded them to join him. The Nazis then took over offices, a newspaper, and the army headquarters. The politicians were then allowed to go, and immediately notified Berlin and told the military and police to stop the police. The whole thing ended in disaster the following day, as the Nazis marched through Munich, the military and police shot 16 Nazis, and Hitler was arrested two days later. The putsch failed, as the seriously bad planning of just letting the politicians go free led to the Nazis being easily defeated.
Another reason for the failure of the putsch was that the Nazis didn't have enough support. The military and police followed orders and stopped the Nazis, and they didn't have enough manpower. Not enough civilians supported the Nazis. They weren't ready to overthrow the Bavarian government, not to mention Germany. This was a reason for the failure, as no putsch can succeed if not enough people support it. Hitler would have either needed a strong civilian or a strong military base to defeat the government, and he had neither.
On the short term, everyone agrees that the Munich putsch failed. On the long term, the putsch gave the party publicity, and made Hitler realise that the best way to seize power was legally rather than by

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