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Hermann Ehrhardt

Hermann Ehrhard
Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1971-037-42, Hermann Ehrhardt, Kapp-Putsch, Berlin crop.jpg
Hermann Ehrhardt during the Kapp-Putsch in Berlin 1920
Born (1881-11-27)27 November 1881
Diersburg, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire
Died 27 September 1971(1971-09-27) (aged 89)
Brunn am Walde, Lower Austria, Republic of Austria
Allegiance  German Empire
Service/branch  Kaiserliche Marine
Years of service - 1918
Rank Korvettenkapitän
Commands held IX. Torpedo Boat Flotilla
Marinebrigade Ehrhardt
Battles/wars

World War I


Kapp Putsch

World War I

Hermann Ehrhardt (29 November 1881 – 27 September 1971) was a German Freikorps commander during the period of turmoil in Weimar Republic Germany from 1918 to 1920, he commanded the famous II.Marine Brigade, better known as the Ehrhardt Brigade or Marinebrigade Ehrhardt.

Born in Diersburg, now part of Hohberg, Baden-Württemberg, he served in the German Imperial Navy as a Korvettenkapitän. At the Battle of Jutland in May 1916 he commanded the 17th half-flotilla of the IX. Torpedo-boat Flotilla; his flagship, SMS V27 was sunk in action. Later in the war he was involved in action in the southern North Sea and Dover Straits. By the war's end he was commander of the IX. Torpedo-boat Flotilla, which he led into internment at Scapa Flow in November 1918, returning to Germany with the majority of his crew shortly thereafter.

Following the defeat of the German Empire, Ehrhardt formed the II.Marine Brigade. A strong opponent of the Treaty of Versailles, he held strong monarchist views. The II.Marine Brigade was a force of around 6,000 men. They fought in north-west Germany, central Germany, Upper Silesia, and Bavaria and participated in the unsuccessful Kapp-Lüttwitz Putsch of 1920. After the failed Putsch, Ehrhardt fled Germany, returning at a later time. In Bavaria, which was ruled by Gustav von Kahr at that time, he formed the Organisation Consul, and later the Viking League (), a secret military society.


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