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1920

March

13
- The Kapp PutschOn 13 March 1920 the Ehrhardt Brigade seized Berlin and Kapp declared himself chancellor. The army stood aside, but a general strike toppled him in four days.
15
- The Ruhr uprisingOn 15 March 1920 workers at Wetter routed a Freikorps unit. A strike against the Kapp Putsch became an uprising, bloodily crushed in early April.