Word: reichswehr
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...Union of German Officers challenged ex-Reichswehr-general von Lossow to a duel on behalf of General von Ludendorff. One, Lieutenant Kriebl, joint defendant with "Ludy," also issued a challenge to von Lossow on his own account. It was alleged that he had betrayed General von Ludendorff...
Bavarian Dictator von Kahr and General von Lossow, Commander of the Bavarian division of the Reichswehr, resigned...
General Hans von Seeckt, Comman-der-in-Chief of the Reichswehr ( German Federal Defence Force), started the move by writing to Herr Ebert, President of Germany. Said he: "I believe the task that fell to me has practically been fulfilled. The authority of the State has been so strengthened that the measures initiated under the exceptional State ordinance for the rehabilitation of our national and economic life can be carried on without it. In case you, Herr Reichspresident, share my view, I request you make it public...
President Ebert replied that he fully shared the General's views and expressed his thanks to him and to the Reichswehr for the excellent manner in which they acquitted themselves of their "heavy task." He then made public the announcement of the revocation of martial law to take effect on March...
Meanwhile Reichswehr and police held every important point in the town. A performance of La Tosca was for bidden at the opera house, it being stated that conspirators intended to use the death of the tyrant scene as a signal for an insurrection. Much hostility toward the police was evinced by the crowds...