<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 16 killed About a dozen injured Many captured and imprisoned </Td> <Td> 4 killed Several wounded </Td> </Tr> <P> The Beer Hall Putsch, also known as the Munich Putsch, and, in German, as the Hitlerputsch or Hitler - Ludendorff - Putsch, was a failed coup attempt by the Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler--along with Generalquartiermeister Erich Ludendorff and other Kampfbund leaders--to seize power in Munich, Bavaria, during 8--9 November 1923 . About two thousand Nazis marched to the centre of Munich, where they confronted the police, which resulted in the death of 16 Nazis and four police officers . Hitler himself was not wounded during the clash, although he locked his left arm with the right arm of Max Erwin von Scheubner - Richter who, when he was shot and killed, pulled Hitler to the pavement with him . Hitler escaped immediate arrest and was spirited off to safety in the countryside . After two days, Hitler was arrested and charged with treason . </P> <P> From Hitler's perspective, there were three positive benefits from this attempt to seize power unlawfully . First, the putsch brought Hitler to the attention of the German nation and generated front page headlines in newspapers around the world . His arrest was followed by a 24 - day trial, which was widely publicized and gave Hitler a platform to publicize his nationalist sentiment to the nation . Hitler was found guilty of treason and sentenced to five years in Landsberg Prison . The second benefit to Hitler was that he used his time in prison to produce Mein Kampf, which was dictated to his fellow prisoners Emil Maurice and Rudolf Hess . On 20 December 1924, having served only nine months, Hitler was released . The final benefit to Hitler was the insight that the path to power was through legitimate means rather than revolution or force . Accordingly, the most significant outcome of the putsch was a decision by Hitler to change NSDAP tactics, which would demand an increasing reliance on the development and furthering of Nazi propaganda . </P>

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