March Action

March Action
Part of the Revolutions of 1917–1923 and
Political violence in Germany (1918–1933)

Arrested communists escorted by police in Eisleben.
Date
  • 17 March – 1 April 1921 (1921-03-17 – 1921-04-01)
  • (2 weeks and 1 day)
Location
Province of Saxony, Germany
Result Government victory
Belligerents
 Germany Communist Party
Communist Workers Party
Strength
200,000 strikers
Casualties and losses
35 police dead 6,000 arrested
4,000 sentenced
180 dead

The March Action (‹See Tfd›German: März Aktion or Märzkämpfe in Mitteldeutschland, i.e. "The March battles in Central Germany")[1] was a failed communist uprising in 1921, led by the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), the Communist Workers' Party of Germany (KAPD), and other far-left organisations. It took place in the industrial regions of Halle, Leuna, Merseburg, and Mansfeld, in the Province of Saxony.[1] The revolt ended in defeat for the communists, and a weakening of contemporary communist influence in Weimar Germany.

  1. ^ a b "Die Märzkämpfe in Mitteldeutschland 1921" [The March Battles in Central Germany 1921] (in German). Deutsches Historisches Museum. Retrieved 28 March 2014.