eli5 How does a coup d’etat actually work?

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Basically title, because I saw an article from BBC that a few people tried to seize power in Germany. Do they get the power just by occupying the building? Do other states recognise this? What happens to the constitution and the law? Is is a lawless state while they create a new constitution?

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It would never have worked, a successful coup would require a tremendous amount of preparation. Most of all complete support of the military and the police.

That story from germany that you heard about ? Literally just a bunch of lunatics that are being paraded through media. Probably to distract from actual real criminal events, like our chancellor’s involvement in the cum-ex affair, but thats a whole different story.

In case you are interested learning about an actual coup I recommend reading about the “july 20 plot” during WW2. Here you can see an example of a very well prepared coup that only failed because Hitler survived.

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