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General Strike

Germany · Revolution / Revolution of Germany. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1920Date range
3Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1920

Konstantin Fehrenbach17 March 1920

Berlin · Revolution / Revolution of Germany

The national Government moves to Stuttgart and calls for a general strike, the strike cripples Germany's economy and the Kapp Government collapses

Wolfgang Kapp17 March 1920

Berlin · Revolution / Revolution of Germany

The national Government moves to Stuttgart and calls for a general strike, the strike cripples Germany's economy and the Kapp Government collapses

Wolfgang Kapp1920

Ruhr · Revolution / Revolution of Germany

Inspired by the general strikes, a communist uprising began in the Ruhr region when 50,000 people formed a "Red Army" and took control of the province

Hans von Seeckt1920

Ruhr · Revolution / Revolution of Germany

The Kapp Government in Berlin falls after a General strike in the Ruhr

Names involved

Hans von SeecktKonstantin FehrenbachWolfgang Kapp

Provenance

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