Threat from the right

Made up of some anti-communist ex-soldiers and people who were successful under the kaiser and resented the ToV and blamed ebert for agreeing too. In March 1920 Dr Wolfgang Kapp led 5000 freikorps into Berlin - this was known as the Kapp Putch. The army refused to fire on the Freikorps as they were veterans, and ebert thought he was doomed. A general strike was declared bringing Berlin to a halt and eventually Kapp realised he couldn't succeed and fled but was hunted down and died while awaiting trial