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Occupation of the Ruhr (1923)

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11 Jan 1923 — Germany has fallen behind on reparation deliveries of coal and timber, and French and Belgian troops march into the Ruhr, its industrial heartland. Germany responds with passive resistance and prints money to pay the strikers. By November one dollar costs 4.2 trillion marks.

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Europe’s new borders after WWI (chapter 15 of WWI)
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The Great War, 1871–1923
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Map showing Occupation of the Ruhr (1923), turning point in The Great War, 1871–1923
TURNING POINT · THE GREAT WAR, 1871–1923

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