ABSTRACT
The revolt of the army against Ebert, known as the Kapp-Luttwitz putsch, was prepared under the eyes of the government. The Kapp putsch was depicted by all contemporary observers as the revolt of an insignificant army caucus at the fringe of the regular army, without political or military importance. In fact, the officers’ rebellion was decisive in the life of the Weimar Republic; it facilitated considerably the subsequent victories of the counter-revolutionary forces. During the Russian-Polish war, there was throughout European socialist parties a renewed and intensified interest in the Comintern, which reached its height in Germany at the time of the Second World Congress. In the specific case of Germany, moreover, Lenin had broader arguments for his point of view; his interpretation of the German situation, despite many similiar formulations, differed fundamentally from that of Radek and Levi.
