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16: The Third Reich Pt. 2 - The Munich Years

History of the Second World War

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The Battle of the Beer Hall

When news arrived at the beer hall that a group of SA men were fighting with army troops near the army engineers barracks, Hitler hoped to be able to resolve the situation. But instead he found that everything had fallen apart and many people had simply left. The push was dependent on momentum so that a coherent response could not be initiated but during the night whatever momentum it may have had was destroyed. It would be Ludendorf who would suggest the next steps in case of such a drastic setback.

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