1919 Polish coup attempt

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1919 Polish coup d'etat attempt
Date 4–5 January 1919 Location Warsaw, Poland Result Coup halted Fall of the Moraczewski government
Belligerents
National Democracy	Legal government
Commanders and leaders
Marian Januszajtis-Żegota Eustachy Sapieha Jerzy Zdziechowski Tadeusz Mścisław Dymowski	Józef Piłsudski Jędrzej Moraczewski

The Januszajtis putsch of early January 1919 was an unsuccessful coup d'etat in Poland. On 4–5 January 1919, right-wing National Democrats attempted to overthrow the government of Jędrzej Moraczewski and Józef Piłsudski. The coup's leaders included Marian Januszajtis-Żegota and Prince Eustachy Sapieha.

The coup forces succeeded in arresting Moraczewski's government but not Piłsudski. Some military units refused to follow confusing or surprising orders, and eventually the coup ended in some arrests and in a return to the status quo ante. There were no fatalities or significant injuries. In mid-January, right-wing activists were admitted to membership in a coalition government.