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 comes down to the will of the military or the people. If the deposed individuals/party fear they will be killed by a united military junta, and have no military support of their own, they will generally accept exile instead of execution. What choice do they have? In other cases, with a divided or small military, the threat of popular revolution is the biggest fear.
In Myanmar, the military had the power and was confident they could crush any popular rebellion.
In Tsarist Russia, the revolutionary Red Army had more soldiers than the Tsarist White Army (mostly officers and Cossack mercenaries) and the support of the people.
In pre-Communist Cuba, Castro’s guerillas had the support of the people.
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