Summary of Adrian Weale's Army of Evil

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#1 The German Empire was ended when the First World War was lost, and the country was torn apart by political turmoil. The liberals and moderates tried to preserve some aspects of the old order as the state started to collapse into total chaos.

#2 The German government, led by the SPD and its allies, the USPD, formed a provisional government on 16 December 1918, and began working on a new constitution. The Spartacists, a communist group, planned to take power through armed rebellion.

#3 On 23 December 1918, the Spartacists, together with renegade sailors of the Volksmarine Division, attempted to seize power in Berlin. Units of the regular army were summoned to help, but they refused to fire on civilian defenders supporting the revolutionaries. The provisional government turned to the Free Corps.

#4 The Weimar Republic was a liberal democracy that was established in Germany after the First World War. It was widely regarded as a model of liberalism, but it had many flaws that allowed Hitler to come to power.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 16, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822519756

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 23

Insights from Chapter 24

Insights from Chapter 25

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The German Empire was ended when the First World War was lost, and the country was torn apart by political turmoil. The liberals and moderates tried to preserve some aspects of the old order as the state started to collapse into total chaos.

#2

The German government, led by the SPD and its allies, the USPD, formed a provisional government on 16 December 1918, and began working on a new constitution. The Spartacists, a communist group, planned to take power through armed rebellion.

#3

On 23 December 1918, the Spartacists, together with renegade sailors of the Volksmarine Division, attempted to seize power in Berlin. Units of the regular army were summoned to help, but they refused to fire on civilian defenders supporting the revolutionaries. The provisional government turned to the Free Corps.

#4

The Weimar Republic was a liberal democracy that was established in Germany after the First World War. It was widely regarded as a model of liberalism, but it had many flaws that allowed Hitler to come to power.

#5

In Bavaria, the communists took over after Eisner was murdered by a right-wing extremist. They shut down schools and businesses, and launched a reign of terror against their political opponents. The provisional government responded by mobilizing about thirty thousand members of the Free Corps, with whom they surrounded Munich.

#6

Hitler was demobilized from the army in late 1918, and within a month had organized a meeting in Munich that attracted more than a hundred people. He changed the name of the group to the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, and presented a twenty-five-point plan to solve Germany’s problems.

#7

Hitler was the outstanding personality within the party, and he assumed leadership in 1921. Over the next couple of years, the NSDAP steadily built its strength as a local party. The atmosphere in Bavaria was still violent and edgy, but it was also tinged with a strong separatist element.

#8

The German government and High Command were prepared to tolerate the Free Corps because they saw them as a potential source of soldiers for the country’s army. The militias could potentially provide tens of thousands more well-armed men to defend Germany at a moment’s notice.

#9

Hitler had his own man, Hermann Goering, lead the SA in early 1923. He left Röhm to organize another militia outside of the party, which he viewed as a political force. Röhm and his subordinates saw themselves as a genuine military force.

#10

The first major test for the SA and the Raiding Squad was in November 1923, when they attempted to overthrow the German government of Chancellor Wilhelm Cuno. Hitler and the Combat League surrounded the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich, where von Kahr was addressing a meeting commemorating the fifth anniversary of the November revolution.

#11

The Munich Putsch was an attempt by the radical, patriotic right to overthrow the democratic regime. However, the plan quickly began to fall apart. The triumvirs reneged on their