March Action
The March Action (German: März Aktion or Märzkämpfe in Mitteldeutschland, i.e. "The March battles in Central Germany") was a failed communist uprising in 1921, led by the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), the Communist Workers' Party of Germany (KAPD), and other far-left organisations. It took place in the industrial regions of Halle, Leuna, Merseburg, and Mansfeld, in the Province of Saxony. The revolt ended in defeat for the communists, and a weakening of contemporary communist influence in Weimar Germany.
| March Action | |||||||
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| Part of the Revolutions of 1917–1923 and Political violence in Germany (1918–1933) | |||||||
Arrested communists escorted by police in Eisleben. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Germany |
Communist Party Communist Workers Party | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 200,000 strikers | |||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 35 police dead |
6,000 arrested 4,000 sentenced | ||||||
| 180 dead | |||||||
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