March Action

March Action
	Part of the Revolutions of 1917–1923 and; Political violence in Germany (1918–1933)
	; Arrested communists escorted by police in Eisleben.
Date	17 March – 1 April 1921; (2 weeks and 1 day);
Location	Province of Saxony, Germany
Result	Government victory
Belligerents
Germany	Communist Party; Communist Workers Party
Strength
	200,000 strikers
Casualties and losses
35 police dead	6,000 arrested; 4,000 sentenced
	180 dead

The March Action (German: März Aktion or Märzkämpfe in Mitteldeutschland, i.e. "The March battles in Central Germany")^[1] 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.^[1] The revolt ended in defeat for the communists, and a weakening of contemporary communist influence in Weimar Germany.

^ ^a ^b "Die Märzkämpfe in Mitteldeutschland 1921" [The March Battles in Central Germany 1921] (in German). Deutsches Historisches Museum. Retrieved 28 March 2014.