Hitler planning to overthrow by firstly
taking control of Bavaria
Hitler's soldiers occupied Beer
Hall in Munich where local
government leaders were
meeting - announced start of
revolution
Next day Hitler marched into Munich with Ludendorff to rescue Rohm
supported by several thousand armed men
but revolt collapsed when police turned up. 16 Nazi's died
Number of people involved made
the Nazi's seem like a threat when
in fact they had little popular support
Bavarian leaders went back on
promise and ordered army to attack
Ernst Rohm and SA
Hitler and Ludendorff arrested
Hitler's Trial
lasted 24 days
front page news - received lots of publicity
Judges impressed by what they
heard
Ludendorff free with Hitler trialed to 5
years with chance of parole
viewed as honest person
Served Landsberg's
fortress, conditions not
hard
as many visiters
only
served
9
months
wrote Mein Kampf
describing ideas of
politics, history race and
future of Germany
released Dec 1924
gained publicity
used this to sell
his propaganda
Nazi party had time off radar so could reorganise and become strategic
banned for 2 years
He decided to overthrow the
government with the help of the
Bavarian leaders, he planned to
march to Berlin to head of SA he
was sure people would join him
Lundendorff failed Hitler by
contacting people and having armed
forces to stop Hitler's march