Chloe Brown, Patrick Oh , Reid
Simpson, Tess Swierstra
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A response to the failure when the Germans
couldn’t pay the reparations from World War I.
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France’s idea was to take the money owed out of
the wealth of the mines and factories
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France decided to invade the German territory and
take the wealth by force
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The German workers protested by destroying
the goods, the mines and the factories
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The workers broke out into riots
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The German government made it worse by
printing lots of money to help support the
workers which resulted in bigger inflation
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When money was printed rapidly it became
worthless adding to the already depleting
economy
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France eventually backed out of the Ruhr territory
due to the London conference
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They however didn’t want to leave until they were
given the money owed
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The Dawes plan was created
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France:
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Afraid of Germany after the Anglo-American guarantee was
denied.
Also needed reparations to repay the USA.
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Their goal: ‘to weaken Germany as much as possible.’
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Reparations didn’t meet the Peace Treaty’s defaults
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France advanced into Ruhr.
Germany replied: “conditions had been harsh.”
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Although Britain understood, France advanced anyway
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League of Nations had problems
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Germany’s economic downfall was noticeable.
Nobody actively stood against France.
Germany was alone, left in unavoidable inflation.
To some extent, League of Nations was only for
victors of WWI.
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Germany wasn’t even allowed in League of Nations
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France didn’t trust the League of Nations.
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They doubted that the League of Nations could
protect them.
They attempted to make an alliance with the USA &
Great Britain.
Instead of consulting with League of Nations,
they acted independently.
Other countries didn’t attempt to stop France
using the League of Nations.
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Most countries were in an economic depression
France was in a great economic downfall and
when Germany was failing to pay them money,
they took it themselves