July Putsch

July Putsch
Part of the Interwar Period
Police car at Ballhausplatz outside Chancellery building, 25 July 1934
Date 25–30 July 1934 (6 days) Location Vienna, Austria Result Austrian government victory Nazi coup d'etat failed Fatherland Front remains in power Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss is killed
Belligerents
Schutzstaffel (SS) SS Standarte 89 Austrian Nazi Party supporters Austrian Legion Supported by:  Nazi Germany	Federal State of Austria Fatherland's Front Federal Army Police Gendarmerie Heimwehr Supported by: Kingdom of Italy
Commanders and leaders
Fridolin Glass Otto Wächter Anton Rintelen	Engelbert Dollfuss † Wilhelm Miklas Kurt Schuschnigg Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg Emil Fey
Strength
154 SS (Vienna) thousands (elsewhere)	Entire Federal Army, police, gendarmeries, and paramilitary Heimwehr forces
Casualties and losses
98[1]–140[2] killed 13 executed[2] 4,000 detained[2]	101[1]–104[2] killed
11[1]–13[2] civilians killed

The July Putsch was a failed coup attempt against the Austrofascist regime by Austrian Nazis from 25 to 30 July 1934.

Just a few months after the Austrian Civil War, Austrian Nazis and German SS soldiers attacked the Chancellery in Vienna in an attempt to depose the ruling Fatherland Front government under Engelbert Dollfuss in favor of replacing it with a pro-Nazi government under Anton Rintelen of the Christian Social Party. The Nazi putsch ultimately failed as the majority of the Austrian population and army remained loyal to the government. The Nazis managed to kill Dollfuss, but Kurt Schuschnigg succeeded him and the Austrofascist regime remained in power.

A German invasion of Austria in support of the putsch was averted because of the guarantee of independence and diplomatic support that Austria received from Fascist Italy. The Austrofascist regime eventually suppressed the coup, with over 200 people being killed in six days of fighting.