History GCSE
Kapp Putsch
What Kapp Putsch means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Kapp Putsch
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A right-wing challenge in March 1920, when Wolfgang Kapp led the Freikorps in seizing Berlin after being ordered to disband.
Topics that use Kapp Putsch
- Option 31: Key topic 1: The Weimar Republic 1918–29 - 2 The early challenges to the Weimar Republic, 1919–23 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Freikorps
- French occupation of the Ruhr
- Hyperinflation
- Passive resistance
- Stab in the back theory
- Diktat
- general strike
- November Criminals
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