Ruhr uprising

Ruhr uprising
Part of the Revolutions of 1917–23
Members of the Reichswehr and shot members of the Red Ruhr Army, 2 April 1920, Möllen near Duisburg
Date March 1920 Location Ruhr, Germany Result Uprising crushed
Belligerents
Red Ruhr Army Communist Party of Germany Communist Workers' Party of Germany Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany Social Democratic Party of Germany Free Workers' Union of Germany	Weimar Republic Freikorps Reichswehr
Strength
50,000

Red Ruhr Army

Weimar Republic

The Ruhr uprising (German: Ruhraufstand) or March uprising (Märzaufstand) was a left-wing workers' revolt in the Ruhr region of Germany in March 1920. The uprising took place initially in support of the call for a general strike issued by the Social Democrat members of the German government, the unions and other parties in response to the right-wing Kapp Putsch of 13 March 1920.

However, the communists and socialists in the Ruhr had previously laid plans for "winning political power by the dictatorship of the proletariat" in the event of a general strike. After the collapse of the Kapp Putsch, the German government sent in the Reichswehr (the German army) and rightwing Freikorps, to crush the ongoing insurgency of the around 50,000 members of the "Red Ruhr Army". This was done with considerable brutality and involved numerous summary executions.

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