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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Just to clarify, the guys in Germany didn’t try to seize the power, they had plans to try to seize the power. A difference IMO. They have been under police surveillance for a while until the police raided several houses of right conspiracy theorists and arrested them.

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