How would you describe the situation that the Weimar democracy is in by 1925?

        The Weimar did not seem to have any real threats, the workers were behind the government due to their ideas of better wages and improved conditions for people of industrial labour (and all forms of employment but the industrial workers were the majority) and they had the support of the people to get Germany out of her troubles (although really they would have backed any party that looked as though it had the determination to do so).  With the supporters of the new republic, there was opposition; The Kapp Putsch was a prime example of the opposition to the Weimar.

        General’s Ludendorf and Wolfgang Kapp were German war heroes, they both wanted to keep Germany’s Monarchy in charge and felt that the country was under more threat due to a change in the running of it. Being war generals they managed to get the support of other soldiers (they had all left a perfectly fine country with everything in order and had returned to a chaos) especially a group known as the Freikorps.  Thousands of soldiers were put out of action when the Treaty of Versailles was passed as the numbers in all areas of the army were vastly cut down to the bare minimum (just enough to defend themselves if necessary) and Luttwitz used 5,000 troops to take over government buildings in Berlin. Few commanders added troops to the cause, which shows us that even the army seemed happy with conditions although like other areas they also included opposition. The government was forced to flee to Stuttgart. There was an uprising to the attack from the industrial workers who went on strike and the Kapp Putsch failed, it did however prove that there was a definite opposition to the government and that it could easily lead to violent uprisings. This was only a year after the Weimar Republics takeover, the Weimar Republic showed itself to be weak as it had no comeback to the army and the matter was left alone. The Weimar republic seemed to be an easy target, as no action seemed to taken against uprising opposition groups. A reason why the Weimar took no further action is that many strikes had begun after the Kapp Putsch and this also shows that the Weimar were thinking in the interests of the people by reducing problems, this shows them to be strong minded and is a possible counter to claims that the government was weak.

        Unfortunately for the Weimar there was a second major event soon to follow, in Nov of 1923 Hitler and his SA burst into a meeting held by General Von Lossow and Gustav Von Kahr (Army commander and the Head of state in Bavaria) in a Beer hall in Munich.  Hitler wanted their support and to take control of their army, President Ebert called a national state of emergency, the Weimar was trying to handle the situation and was seen to be doing something about it. Through persuasion of Ludendorff, Hitler marched his troops in Munich as the first step to Berlin. Two thousand SA’s were met by armed police and the army and fourteen Nazi’s were killed.  The Weimar had a strong and forceful backing in the army and had proved that they could act fast and think logically.