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Events on Wednesday 17 March 1920 1
1920Kapp PutschFailed right-wing coup against the Weimar governmentA group of right-wing nationalists and Freikorps units led by Wolfgang Kapp seized Berlin in an attempt to overthrow the Weimar Republic. A general strike by workers paralyzed the city and the coup collapsed within days. The failed putsch exposed the fragility of Germany's young democracy.