Weimar Republic Timeline

By Yahya Haitami

  • Kapp Putsch (-)

    Kapp Putsch (-)
    Wolfgang Kapp and General Luttwitz encouraged 12,000 troops to march on Berlin on March 13, 1920.
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    Hyperinflation of 1923 (-)

    Just after the Ruhr Crisis, a general strike was called, and in order to support those striking, the German government printed an exorbitant amount of paper notes, so prices rose excessively.
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    Ruhr Crisis (-)

    Starting on January 11, 1923, France and Belgium occupied the German Ruhr because the country was not paying reparations as dictated by the Allies. They let go of the highly industrialized land on 25 August 1925.

  • Beer Hall/Munich Putsch (-)

    Beer Hall/Munich Putsch (-)
    Gustav Von Kahr, Hitler, and General von Lossow planned on having another Putsch in Munich, but Gustav and Lossow lost their nerves. Hitler was sentenced to the minimum 5 years in prison and only served 10 months, during which he wrote Mein Kampf.

  • Dawes Plan (+)

    Dawes Plan (+)
    A payment plan written by Charles G. Dawes that would also make it so that occupation by the Allies would end signed on August 16, 1924. It was replaced by the Young Plan in 1929.

  • Analysis

    Analysis
    All in all, this timeline shows that the years from 1920-23 were not positive ones for the Weimar Republic due to the level of internal and external strife along with already-established inherent issues with its format.