Ruhr Red Army
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ruhr-red-army-166-2988896
title:
Ruhr Red Army
text:
The Ruhr Red Army, also Red Ruhr Army, was an impromptu army of 50,000 to 80,000 left-wing workers that fought in the Ruhr uprising of 13 March to 6 April 1920 in Germany's Ruhr region. The uprising was sparked by the right-wing Kapp Putsch in Berlin and had as its goal the establishment of a soviet-style council republic in Germany. After an agreement to end a general strike in the region failed, the German government sent in Reichswehr and Freikorps (paramilitary) units to put down the rebelli
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German army of workers who conducted the Ruhr Uprising in 1920
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhr_Red_Army
date created:
2003-04-24T23:27:20Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T18:03:46Z
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