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Our point of divergence begins on March 13th, 1920. Freikorp and Reichswehr forces have marched on Berlin and have proclaimed Wolfgang Kapp as Chancellor of the German Reich. The Federal Government has moved to Dresden. However unlike in our timeline, Major General Georg Maercker is not pressured to not arrest the Federal Government, and major politicians including the President, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Chancellor are arrested by local Freikorps and Reichswehr brigades. General Walther Reinhardt, who was prepared to launch a counteroffensive into Berlin, abandons the Capital and moves to Dresden to liberate the imprisoned Government. With the capture of the Social Democratic-led government, there is no call for a General Strike to call the coup to a halt. Instead, the German Communist Party, receiving word of a Reactionary coup in Berlin, calls for a Socialist Revolution to overthrow the Government and stop the coup. The KPD is joined by the Communist Workers Party, the Free Workers Union of Germany, and the Independent Social Democratic Party. Debates are held on whether the SPD should join the Revolutionaries or continue supporting the Government. Otto Wels, Chairman of the SPD, calls for the party to continue to support the Government, although this comes with a large amount of backlash, leading to major defections to the USPD.

The German-Soviet Republic is organized by Leftist parties, and they form the German Red Army. Communist forces then take the Ruhr Valley, Hamburg, parts of Saxony-Anhalt, and some areas in Thuringia. With a large Socialist uprising, Center-Wing political parties such as the German National Peoples Party, the Bavarian Peoples Party, and the National Liberal Party call for the Putsch to end in return for a pardon of the Putschers and for the Reichswehr to suppress the Socialist rebellion. Wolfgang Kapp is dismissive and calls for Chief of the Troop Office, Hans von Seeckt to join the New Government. Seeckt is reluctant, but with the collapse of authority from the Democratic Government and the rising of Socialist support, he agrees and calls for all of the Reichswehr to join the new Government. The Officer Corps, except for Walther Reinhardt, agree although there are reported defections to the Weimar Republic. By the end of March, Reinhardt and his forces manage to free the President and the Chancellor from prison but are forced to retreat from Dresden. Around Germany, Freikorps and Reichswehr units have overthrown many State Governments. In Pomerania, Brandenburg, Silesia, and East Prussia, the Freikorps take control with the support of the DNVP. In Bavaria, Freikorp units depose the Socialist Minister-President in favor of Conservative Gustav Ritter von Kahr. In the late summer and fall, small-scale fighting occurs between the Red Army, the Weimar "Blue Reichswehr", and the Nationalist "Black Reichswehr".

In March of 1921, the French 31st Infantry Division crosses the Rhine river into the Ruhr in the hopes of deposing the Socialist Government in Dusseldorf. However, large Red Army resistance and a successful counterattack led by Ernst Thälmann force the French to retreat, and a large-scale French intervention is called off. Meanwhile, Von Seeckt has launched Operation Luxemburg. Freikorp units in Bavaria and Reichswehr forces in Saxony and Brandeburg march on Thuringia, a major Socialist stronghold. The offensive is a complete success, with General Willy Leow of the Red Army being attacked on all sides in the Battle of Erfurt. With Bavarian Feikorps and Prussian Reichswehr units linked up, a massive offensive in launched from Bavaria into Stuggart, where the Republican Government is being held. Walther Reinhardt leads a desperate counteroffensive that stalls the offensive. In the North, Freikorp units defeat the Red Army in the 2nd Battle of Harburg, leading Hans Kahle to retreat to Hamburg, which becomes encircled by the Seige of Hamburg. Back South, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck charges behind Reinhardt's lines and successfully pushes Reinhardts right flank. Reinhardt then retreats South and then back to Stuggart, to launch a last-ditch defense of the Republican Government. At this point, the Center Party and even parts of the Democratic Party call to reopen negotiations with the Nationalists. The President still refuses and pleads for the French to launch an intervention against the Nationalists. However, it's too late, as Reinhardt is encircled and sieged in Stuggart. Reinhardt, after 1 week of the Seige, then surrenders to the Nationalists. After the announcement of a Republican surrender, many Weimar loyalists, mostly Social Democrats, defect to the Socialists, while the Republican Government flees into exile.

With the surrender of all Weimar Forces, Reichswehr and Freikorps forces converge against the Ruhr. Desperate fighting from General Thälmann is no use to the tactically superior Nationalists, as the major cities begin to fall. The Socialist Government orders Thälmann to launch a major counteroffensive so they can flee to Hamburg. Thälmann complies, and launches a large offensive in the North Ruhr, advancing the Red Army to Hamburg and breaking its siege. However, the siege restarts as the Reichswehr persues the Red Army. With no possibility of victory, the Red Army High Command and Socialist Government flee into exile, escaping on a Bolshevik ship. The remaining Red Army forces then disintegrate and reform as Red Partisans to create a resistance group to the Nationalists. The Nationalists then reorganize the Government and rewrites the constitution. The Imperial Constitution of the Empire is reintroduced, with its Federal Structure, but with Governors instead of Nobles. The Position of the President is decided by a majority of the Reichstag, and then the President appoints a Chancellor. The SPD, DDP, USPD, KPD, KAPD, and FAUD are all banned. The Center Party is reorganized by a right-wing politician, Franz von Papen, to shift the Party in a new direction alongside the Right-Wing Government. Members of the German National Peoples Party, National Liberal Party, and Bavarian Peoples Party are pardoned from negotiating between the Nationalists and the Republicans.