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Instead of quelling the leftist revolt, it provoked other left-wing rebellions across Germany. For approximately six months there were Socialist Republics established in Bremen, Saxony, Hamburg, the Rhineland and the Ruhr region. These were all suppressed ultimately by the army, police and especially by the Freikorps. The Freikorps earned a reputation for violence and looting during these revolts. The Bavarian Soviet Republic was the last attempt to start a Revolution in Germany in 1919, but they were crushed by the local Freikorps in May of that year. The Freikorps remained active for the rest of 1919.<ref> Waite, p. 89</ref>
New units of paramilitaries were formed to fight the Poles in Silesia and communists in the Baltic States. Here, they helped local Estonian and Latvian units defeat communist forces. However, the Freikorps attempted to seize control of these Baltic states for Germany but were eventually expelled by local forces with the help of the British. By late 1919, the communist threat had ended and the Freikorps were no longer needed by the Weimar government.<ref> Waite, p. 111</ref>. The Weimar Defense Minister Noske set a deadline for the Freikorps to disband. They refused to do so, and the Berlin Freikorps joined in the so-called Kapp Putsch.
Kapp Putsch was a right-wing coup that sought to end the Weimar Republic in March 1920. The revolt was initially successful. The rebels and Freikorps seized control of much of Berlin and sought to impose a right-wing dictatorship on the country. However, the population of Berlin rejected the attempt to reverse the German Revolution and launched a general strike. The strike led to the collapse of the coup. The Freikorps in the German capital disbanded and others quickly followed suit. The Putsch had also provoked a communist revolt in the Ruhr that was suppressed by local Freikorps detachments.
