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| partof      =Political Violence in Germany

| partof      =Political Violence in Germany

| date        =November 8-9, 1923

| date        =November 8-9, 1923

| location    =Munich, Bavaria

| location    =[[Munich]], [[Bavaria]]

| combatant1  =[[Nazi Party]]

| combatant1  =[[Nazi Party]]

| combatant2  =Weimar Republic

| combatant2  =Weimar Republic <br/> Bavarian Police <br/> Reichswehr

*Bavarian Police

*Reichswehr

| commander1  =[[Adolf Hitler]] <br/> [[Heinrich Himmler]]

| commander1  =[[Adolf Hitler]] <br/> [[Heinrich Himmler]]

| commander2  =[[Otto von Lossow]]

| commander2  =[[Otto von Lossow]]

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}}

The '''Beer Hall Putsch''' of November 8–9, 1923 was a semi-farcical attempt by the [[Nazi Party]] to seize power first in the German state of Barvia and then [[Germany]]. Led by [[Adolf Hitler]] and the [[First World War]] General [[Erich Ludendorff]], the Nazis sought to seize power in [[Munich]] and then, by emulating [[Mussolini]]'s successful [[March on Rome]] of 1922, to 'March on Berlin' and gain power nationally.

The '''Beer Hall Putsch''' of November 8–9, 1923 was a semi-farcical attempt by the [[Nazi Party]] to seize power first in the German state of [[Bavaria]] and then [[Germany]]. Led by [[Adolf Hitler]] and the [[First World War]] General [[Erich Ludendorff]], the Nazis sought to seize power in [[Munich]] and then, by emulating [[Mussolini]]'s successful [[March on Rome]] of 1922, to 'March on Berlin' and gain power nationally.

This attempted ''[[coup d'état]]'' was named the Beer Hall Putsch because much of its drama centered on the ''Bürgerbräukeller'', a Munich beer hall, where the Nazis held at gunpoint and attempted to [[extort]] support from the Commissioner of [[Bavaria]], Gustav von Kahr, who had been addressing a meeting there. The following day, the putsch falling into disarray, armed conflict broke out between the Nazi stormtroopers and local police units. A march led by Ludendorff and Hitler on the Bavarian Defence Ministry broke up into street fighting, with four police and sixteen Nazis being killed. Ludendorff continued to march forward into the hail of fire, and he subsequently disdained any contact with Hitler, who he believed had fled in a cowardly manner. However, Hitler and [[Hermann Goering]] were both wounded in the clash.

This attempted ''[[coup d'état]]'' was named the Beer Hall Putsch because much of its drama centered on the ''Bürgerbräukeller'', a Munich beer hall, where the Nazis held at gunpoint and attempted to [[extort]] support from the Commissioner of [[Bavaria]], Gustav von Kahr, who had been addressing a meeting there. The following day, the putsch falling into disarray, armed conflict broke out between the Nazi stormtroopers and local police units. A march led by Ludendorff and Hitler on the Bavarian Defence Ministry broke up into street fighting, with four police and sixteen Nazis being killed. Ludendorff continued to march forward into the hail of fire, and he subsequently disdained any contact with Hitler, who he believed had fled in a cowardly manner. However, Hitler and [[Hermann Goering]] were both wounded in the clash.