Imagine that you are either French or German.
It is 1923 the French and Beligum Amries have invaded the Ruhr because of lack of reperations payment. Write a diary entry that details the event, what you think possible solutions could be as well as your reactions to the invassion.
in 1923 german goverment were unable to pay the reperations required under the terms of the treaty of versailles. This collapsed germanys economy and money therefore became wothless. The invasion was fair because france and belgium invaded because of lack of payment. But the invasion killed approx 130 german citizens which unfair of germany. The french finally accepted the dawes plan in 1924 and it stopped the fighting. The Dawes Plan was a momentous moment in European history as it marked the first time that Germany had succeeded in defying Versailles.
ReplyDeleteGerman goverment were unable to pay for the reperations required then this made the german economy collapse making all the german money worthless.Soon after France and Belgium invaded Ruhr because of lack of payment.I think it was abit harsh on the germans because they could'nt really pay all the payments because of there economy collapsing.
ReplyDeletein 1923 the german goverment were unable to pay of the debit that was requried. when this happened the german economy collapsed and money was worthless so germany had to make a new curency.
ReplyDeleteAfter WW1 Germany had a huge problem economically, socially and politically. Germany weren't able to afford the reparations to the allies for the damage caused during the war. after the first payment, Germany no longer could afford any more payments, so as a result France took it upon themselves to invade Germany's main industrial area of Ruhr with Belgium.
ReplyDeleteI think that France had no right to invade Ruhr, due to Germany going through an economic crisis they wasn't able to afford all the reparations. France should of been stopped before the invasion as Germany also couldn't stop the invasion themselves due to their army being limited to 100,000 men and the fact that they just came to the end of one war.
reece and jack:
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and the french and belgiums have invaded the ruhr , we couldnt stop them , we had no choice our econemy has fallen and they want reperations, what for i ask ,what for .the ruhr has most of our industries and they have taken it , now or country will o to the dogs and or money is alreay worthless we cant survive on our low wages we need help from the rest of europe but they wont help us as they belive we caused the war .
THE FRENCH AND BELGIUMS HAVE INVADED THE RUHR,WE CANT PAY THE REPERATIONS SO THEY WANTED US TO WORK TO HELP PAY IT OFF.ALOT OF PEOPLE HAVE GONE ON STRIKE AND ARE MAKING FAULTY GOODS ON PURPOSE.WE CANT SURVIVE LIKE THIS WE HAVE NO MONEY FOR FOOD AN WE ARE ON LOW WAGES AS IT IS.WE HAVE LIMETED MEN SO COULDNT FIGHT BACK BUT THEY SHOULDNT HAVE INVADED THE RUHR. A POSSIBLE SOULUTION FOR THIS (APART FROM PAYING IT ALL BACK) COULD HAVE BEEN WE STILL GET K WAGES AND GIVE THEM A PERCENTAGE OF EVERYONES WAGES.
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