: The strike led to a brief communist uprising in the Ruhr region (the Ruhr Red Army), which the government—ironically—used the Reichswehr to suppress violently.
: Without a functioning infrastructure or economy, the Putsch leaders could not govern. Kapp fled to Sweden on March 17, just four days after the coup began. 4. Consequences and Historical Significance WEIMAR GERMANY: Kapp Putsch 1920
: The Weimar government, including President Friedrich Ebert and Chancellor Gustav Bauer, fled the city to Dresden and then Stuttgart. : The strike led to a brief communist