Why was the Nazi Party largely unsuccessful in the 1920's?

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Why was the Nazi Party largely unsuccessful in the 1920’s?

The nazi party were largely unsuccessful in the 1920’s due to many varying factors. In the early 1920’s the nazi party was one of many right wing splinter groups, which formed after the collapse of Imperial Germany. During the 1920’s Hitler was imprisoned after the Munich putsch failing, Germany as a hole was experiencing what was best known as its “golden years”. The Nazi party was only regional at this point in time and unable to gain the large support it needed and also was experiencing disunity within the party and with little structure it was ready to collapse, or was it?

The Munich Putsch of 1923 was a in many was largely unsuccessful for the Nazi party. After the first failed coup Hitler with 600 SA soldiers stormed a public meeting in Munich. And on the 9th they were to march into the centre of Munich but was only to be met by the police, 16 Nazi’s killed while involved in a street battle, Hitler was arrested and shortly after imprisoned for 5 years, but only served 9 months. Even though Hitler achieving a shorter sentence, the humility of the Nazi was at a high. Without a strong spokesman, as Hitler was, the party soon began to loose support and lost votes while in the absence of Hitler. The consequences of the Munich Putsch meant that it was a factor Nazi, which meant that the Nazi party had largely unsuccessful time in the 1920’s.

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The “golden years” were also another main factor in the unsuccessfulness of the Nazi Party in the 1920’s. The German country and had moved on from wanting a new government and stopped blaming them from the reparations as part of the Treaty of Versailles. This lead to a downsize in interest in the Nazi Party, and less grievances for Hitler to exploit. Stresemann was the main influence in which caused great problems for the Nazi Party, that as a result meant that they became more unsuccessful. Stresemann introduced the “Dawes plan” which suggested that the French leave the Ruhr, that ...

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