March Action

BelligerentsGermanyCommunist Party
Communist Workers PartyStrength 200,000 strikersCasualties and losses 35 police dead 6,000 arrested
4,000 sentenced 180 dead

The March Action (German: Märzaktion or Märzkämpfe in Mitteldeutschland, i.e. "The March battles in Central Germany") 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. The revolt ended in defeat for the communists, and a weakening of contemporary communist influence in Weimar Germany.