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Occupation of the Ruhr (1923)
On the WWI map as “The Ruhr occupation”
11 Jan 1923 — French and Belgian troops march into Germany’s industrial heartland after Germany falls behind on reparation deliveries of coal and timber. Germany answers with passive resistance and prints money to pay the strikers; by November a 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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