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Hitler 's Downfall Of The Weimar Government

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In November, Hitler was trying to get more power and support, and a way he did this was by trying to take advantage of how bad the condition of the Weimar government was. He did this by instigating a major riot throughout Weimar. It seemed like a full proof plan and situation, but miscalculations made it a flop and Hitler ending up in jail. At first, the Nazis were not taken seriously and had little to no power. Then, Hitler brought a group of young mean without jobs to become soldiers for him, and he would call them storm troopers, or the SA. During the Weimar crisis, Hitler made a plan with nationalist political images, Kahr and Lossow, to over take Munich in a riot. Hitler had a giant army of SAs, but knew that the loss of control would come if he didn’t give them anything to do, so that’s when he prepared them to rebel, but suddenly, Kahr and Lossow cancelled the rebellion. It was difficult for Hitler because he had 3,000 troops ready to go to battle. On November 8th, Hitler and 600 SAs crashed a meeting that Kahr and Lossow were hosting at a Beer Hall. Threatening them, Hitler made them agree to rebel. The SA then took over army headquarters and offices of newspapers. The next day, November 9th, The Nazis, including Hitler, went to Munich thinking that would be a victory march to take over, but Kahr called in the police and army, and there was a brief brawl, which involved the police killing 16 Nazis. During that situation, Hitler ran away, but was found and sent

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