The Marinebrigade Ehrhardt, also known as the Ehrhardt Brigade, was a Freikorps unit of the early Weimar Republic. It was formed on 17 February 1919 as the Second Marine Brigade from members of the fo
Hermann Ehrhardt
The Marinebrigade Ehrhardt during the Kapp Putsch in 1920
Ehrhardt in Berlin during the Kapp Putsch.
The Marinebrigade Ehrhardt painted Swastikas on their helmet in 1919 before Adolf Hitler seized control of the Deutsche Arbeiterpartei in 1921
Walther von Lüttwitz was a German general who fought in World War I. Lüttwitz is best known for being the driving force behind the Kapp–Lüttwitz Putsch of 1920, which attempted to replace the democrat
Lüttwitz as Generalleutnant
Walther von Lüttwitz (centre) with Gustav Noske (right), c. 1920