Why was the Weimar Republic attacked by both the political left and the political right in the years 1919-1922?

    Another reason why the left wing was attacking the Weimar Republic was because the left believed that they were not left wing enough. In January 1919 during the Spartacist Revolt, the government stopped the attack by making a deal with the Army and the Freikorps. This deal made the left wing extremely upset because the army and the Freikorps were seen as the main enemy to the left. This is because the army and the Freikorps had extreme right wing views, so for Ebert to make a deal with the right wing to stop a left wing attack, which he is supposed to believe in, was a real shock to all of the left. As a result of this deal with the army and Freikorps other attacks were organised such as the Rising of the Ruhr, 1920. If the government were truly left wing they would have introduced less hours, an increased wage and workers councils right at that time. But they did not and this matters because it is the reason for why they were not left wing enough.

    The main reason for why the right wing was attacking the Weimar republic is simply because it was a left wing government. First of all it was a republic, which is exactly what the right do not believe in. They believed there should be an all-powerful monarch in the government. This alone gave the right enough of a reason of why to attack the government. Also the leader of the government was Friedich Ebert, before being made chancellor of the government he was the leader of the SPD, the Socialist Political Party. This is an extreme left wing group, so the right know how left wing Ebert’s beliefs are as soon as he is put into power. They also used the “Stab in the back” theory as more ammunition as to why they should attack the republic. The right would constantly say that they would have never have signed the Treaty of Versailles because they knew it would be bad for the country, but it was the only real option that Ebert had at the time that would put Germany in a position where they could move on from the war. The only other option would have been to keep on fighting and they would have lost the war that way aswell. This is important because it shows the reasons for why the right wing attacked the Weimar republic from 1919-1922.

    Another reason for why the right attacked the Weimar republic is because they felt that they were not dealing with the threat of the left well enough. So they thought that they should get into power, to deal with the threat. The right believed that if the Spartacist revolt was dealt with properly then the left would have continued to attack. This is the reason for the Kapp Putsch because the right attempted to over throw the government to ultimately deal with the left wing. This matters because the left will continue to attack the republic more because they are not getting punished properly and therefore the right will want to take over to deal the threat of the left.

   All four of the main points are all very significant because they show us why the left and the right both continued to attack the Weimar Republic 1919-1922, whether it was because the government was not left wing enough or because the republic did not deal the left wing threat effectively. I think the most important point that caused the republic to be continually attacked was the deal that Ebert made with the army and the Freikorps. If he did not make this deal and gave the workers what they wanted earlier then the left wing would like the government, giving the right one less reason as to why they should attack the government.