Beer Hall Putsch
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The Beer Hall Putsch, also known as the Munich Putsch, was a failed coup d'état led by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler, General Erich Ludendorff, and other Kampfbund leaders in Munich, Bavaria, on 8–9
Nazis at the Marienplatz in Munich during the Putsch
Erich Ludendorff on the cover of Time, 19 November 1923
Odeonsplatz in Munich, 9 November
Early Nazis who participated in the attempt to seize power during the 1923 Putsch
Erich Ludendorff
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Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff was a Prussian-born German general and politician. He achieved fame during World War I for his central role in the German victories at Liège and Tannenberg in 1914.
Beer Hall Putsch
…The Beer Hall Putsch, also known as the Munich Putsch, was a failed coup d'état led by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler, General Erich Ludendorff, and other Kampfbund leaders in Munich, Bavaria, on 8–9 November 1923, during the Weimar Republic. Inspired by Benito Mussolini's March on Rome, Hitler's…
Ludendorff in 1924
Ludendorff at the age of 17 in 1882
Hindenburg (seated) and Ludendorff. Painting by Hugo Vogel
Ludendorff in his study at the General Headquarters, 1918