The Ruhr Crisis was France’s response to Germany’s failure to pay reparations according to the Treaty of Versailles.

France and Britain disagreed on how to deal with Germany for not paying reparations.

-Britain wanted them to be able

to rebuild their economy-France wanted

to weaken their economy

through reparations

French and Belgium sent forces on Jan. 11th to occupy Germany’s main industrial region when the Germans didn’t pay the scheduled reparations.

Germany missed a delivery of timber as part of their reparations

The goal of France was to collect the missed payment from the Germans by taking the goods from the mines and factories and shipping them to France

The workers didn’t cooperate with the French and Belgian forces. Instead, they destroyed the goods, mines, and factories in protest.

German workers protested and became violent towards the French and Belgian troops.

German Protest

The destruction of goods led to hyperinflation in Germany.

Attempting to fix the problem, the German govt. printed more money which only led to more inflation.

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