Putsch

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A putsch is when someone (or a group of people) try to overthrow an established government. They want to take power themselves. Putsch is a word from the German language.

One of the most famous putsch incidents was the Beer Hall Putsch of November 1923 where Adolf Hitler tried to take over the government of the state of Bavaria in Germany.

Strangely enough, the people taking part in the overthrow will usually not talk of a putsch, this term will be given by other people not involved in the process. A putsch always involves force; winning an election and then being granted the power to choose new people for the government is not a putsch.