Formed in 1923 to protect Benito Mussolini, the Duce's Musketeers was a special unit of the MVSN Militia. The unit existed until 1943 and its successor unit, the Legione 'M' Guardia del Duce, guarded Mussolini from 1943-45.
The Beer Hall Putsch, also known as the
Munich Putsch, and, in German, as the
Hitlerputsch,
Hitler-Ludendorff-Putsch,
Bürgerbräu-Putsch or
Marsch auf die Feldherrnhalle ("March on the general's hall"), was a failed coup d'état by the
Nazi Party (NSDAP) leader
Adolf Hitler—along with
Generalquartiermeister Erich Ludendorff and other
Kampfbund leaders—to seize power in
Munich,
Bavaria, which took place from 8 November to 9 November 1923. Approximately two thousand Nazis were marching to the Feldherrnhalle, in the city center, when they were confronted by a police cordon, which resulted in the death of 16 Nazis and four police officers. Hitler, who was wounded during the clash, escaped immediate arrest and was spirited off to safety in the countryside. After two days, he was arrested and charged with treason.
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 publicised and gave him a platform to publicise his nationalist sentiment to the nation. Hitler was found guilty of treason and sentenced to five years in Landsberg Prison, where he dictated
Mein Kampf to his fellow prisoners
Emil Maurice and
Rudolf Hess. On 20 December 1924, having served only nine months, Hitler was released. Hitler now saw that the path to power was through legal means rather than revolution or force, and accordingly changed his tactics, further developing
Nazi propaganda.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_Hall_Putsch