what happened during the failed communist revolution in germany

More then the ones who downplay it, less then the ones who overexagerate

>>3252060
There was no such thing. The "Failed communist revolution" happened after WW1 had ended.

> how severe was the communist threat?
Not very.

>did they catpure any cities?
They took over sections of Berlin for about a week, but they never had the whole city. They never got even that far outside of the capital.
>what was the death toll?
About 3,000 on all sides.

>>3252060
They did manage do capture some cities like Munich or the ruhr valley but were always very quickly defeated by the Freikorps. The death toll wasn't that high compared to other regions of Europe at the time but absolutely one sided. The commies had very high casulties because the Freikorps were better equipped, had more veterans, way better leadership and hellbent on executing anyone whom the thought of as a commie.

>>3252060

The whole thing was crushed pretty easily. Germany will filled with pissed off right-wing militias made up disgruntled WW1 veterans. When the government came to them and asked them to bash some commie heads, they were probably overjoyed to finally have something to do.

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>>3252060

>failed communist revolution
>cities "taken", "only" thousands died
>no big deal

Wars have started over less.

>>3252373
Didnt they take over munich and kill several hostages(on Lenins orders)?

>>3253107
That was separate; the USPD (A socialist, not a communist party), and not connected with the Spartacists directly. It was also some months prior, in early November, and was part of the successful general German revolution that forced the Kaiser to abdicated.