After the German defeat in 1918, the mark had collapsed and was worthless. The Ruhr was occupied by the French army. These conditions allowed extremist movements to develop thanks to the difficulties and general discontent. Adopting Mussolini as his model, Hitler dreamed of being able to take power by a coup as Mussolini had succeeded with his "March on Rome". On 8 November 1923 with the support of a field marshal, he launched his SA to storm Munich, the capital of Bavaria. They failed on on 9 November against the police and lost sixteen men. He himself was wounded. Hitler was imprisoned after...

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