How did the Munich Putsch Contribute to Hitler’s Rise to Power?

        The putsch had failed, and had never looked like working in the first place. The fact that the three officials had only joined the cause when threatened at gun point suggested that they were not fully dedicated to the cause and the fact that hardly any of the Nazis were armed suggests that they were not whole heartedly into the movement. The putsch did not directly lead to power and without other major factor such as the Great Depression and other important factors like the Hitler becoming Chancellor then the Munich putsch might not have meant anything and may not have contributed to the Nazis’ struggle for power.

        The Putsch led Hitler to restructure the party and so the party became more stable with positions within the party being clarified. Also he decided that a revolution was not in fact the way to gain power and that the Nazis must take part in general elections and follows the path of legality. Although this change was a good one ( in the eyes the Nazi party), it would not have allowed the Nazis to gain power without the catalyst of the Depression which lead people to become desperate for change in the way that the country was run and the people wanted an extreme change like the Nazis, not just a small one.

        The Nazis and Hitler gained a lot of publicity from the Munich putsch and from the subsequent trial. This was because of the fact that the revolution was staged seemed to suggests that it was a semi-worthwhile cause because people thought that if 3000 people were willing to risk their lives (even though they were not) then there must be something in it. The putsch had elevated Hitler from being know only regionally (in Bavaria) to him becoming nationally notorious. Hitler used the trial as a huge stage over which he could air his views because he knew that the government was too weak to sentence him to death and that the judge was a strong right winger who felt empathy for Hitler so Hitler told everyone reading/listening/watching the trial what his view were. However this did not allow him to gain power but it did allow the party to become known so that when the time came for them to gain power then they would be in the right position.