13-20 March 1920: The Kapp Putsch—Reichswehr general Walther von Lüttwitz seized power in Berlin & civil servant Wolfgang Kapp declared himself Reichskanzler; Reichspräsident Ebert & the lawful cabinet fled first to Dresden then to Stuttgart & called for a general strike that brought Germany to a standstill; unable to govern, with no water, gas, nor electricity in Berlin, Kapp & Lüttwitz resigned.
Commentary: I am very sorry to be late in dedicating an episode to the Kapp Putsch. I knew the centenary of the putsch was coming up, but failed to make proper note of it on my calendar & this is the all-too-predictable result. March 2020 was a busy month for "The Explorers' Club," with the fifty-first anniversary of Apollo 9 & the fifty-fifth anniversaries of Voskhod 2 & Gemini 3, but I wished to, ought to have, & regret having not commemorated the Kapp Putsch on schedule.
Lest we forget.
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