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Why did Hitler want to march on Berlin after taking control in Munich?
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Beer Hall Putsch
Nazi paramilitary troops participating in the Beer Hall Putsch, November 9, 1923.
Adolf Hitler intended to use Munich as a base to launch a nationalist march on Berlin during the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923. His primary objective was to trigger a nationwide insurrection to overthrow the Weimar Republic.12
Hitler held the democratic system of the Weimar government in deep contempt, blaming it for what he perceived as Germany’s political and economic humiliation, including the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. Inspired by Benito Mussolini’s successful March on Rome the previous year, Hitler sought to replicate that model by forcing local authorities to support his proclamation of a national revolution and then marching on the capital to seize control of the state.13