Why did the Munich Putsch fail?

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Why did the Munich Putsch fail?

The Munich Putsch was an attempt by Hitler’s Nazi party to begin a revolution in Munich with the aim of bringing down the Weimar Republic of Germany. Hitler intended to take power by force. Hitler had planned for him and his storm troopers to march into the beer hall and take over force, but things didn’t go to well for Hitler. The Putsch actually failed.

Hitler’s plan was to take over Germany by using force. The planning of the putsch was very poor. Hitler thought that many people would be on his side because he had General Ludendorff. Ludendorf was a World War 1 hero.    

 Hitler had planned to start the revolution in Bavaria. Hitler, Ludendorff and the S.A stormed into a meeting where Gustav von Kahr and Otto von Lossow were addressing a meeting to 2,000 right-wing supporters in a Munich beer-hall. Once inside the beer-hall Hitler and Ludendorff declare a national revolution. Gun in hand, Hitler then forced Kahr and Lossow into a side room. They were then forced to state their support for a march in Berlin to impose a new government, with Ludendorff as the new commander-in-chief. Mean while thousands of stormtroopers seize other members of the Bavarian government; they terrorise their opponents but fail to gain control of the army barracks. After Lossow and Kahr promise loyalty to the putsch, Ludendorff allows them to leave. This was a very bad thing to do as it meant that the news had spread to Berlin very quickly and this gave them time to sort it. What Hitler should have done was take over the media (radio/newspapers) to stop the news travelling as quick.

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Hitler also failed to do what he said. In his speech at Burgerbraukeller on the 8th November 1923, Hitler said that the army and police barracks had been occupied, but they hadn’t.

        On the 9th November President Ebert declared a national emergency because of treason in Munich. Lossow and Kahr then issue a proclamation denouncing the putsch. This showed that Hitler had allowed time for the opposition of the putsch to gather and go back on their promise to support him. When Hitler and Ludendorff herd about the denouncing of the putsch, Ludendorff persuaded Hitler not to give up and to ...

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