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Forward Kentucky: A Munich Moment

Berry Craig
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By BERRY CRAIG

Some Trump true believers in Congress called January 6th a “1776 moment” in Washington. A “Munich Moment” is more like it.

On Nov. 8-9, 1923, Adolf Hitler and hundreds of his armed Nazi stormtroopers tried to overthrow the democratically-elected Bavarian government in Munich.

The Nazis failed. (Hitler sprang the coup in a beer cellar. Hence, it’s the “Beer Hall Putsch” in most history books. “Putsch” is German for “coup.”)

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