RUHR CRISISChloe Brown, Patrick Oh , Reid

Simpson, Tess Swierstra

The Ruhr Crisis

A response to the failure when the Germans

couldn’t pay the reparations from World War I.

France’s idea was to take the money owed out of

the wealth of the mines and factories

France decided to invade the German territory

and take the wealth by force

The German workers protested by

destroying the goods, the mines and the

factories

The workers broke out into riots

The German government made it worse

by printing lots of money to help support

the workers which resulted in bigger

inflation

When money was printed rapidly it became

worthless adding to the already depleting

economy

France eventually backed out of the Ruhr

territory due to the London conference

They however didn’t want to leave until they

were given the money owed

The Dawes plan was created

Peace Keeping with the Treaty

France: Afraid of Germany after the Anglo-American guarantee

was denied. Also needed reparations to repay the USA.

Their goal: ‘to weaken Germany as much as possible.’

Reparations didn’t meet the Peace Treaty’s defaults France advanced into Ruhr.

Germany replied: “conditions had been harsh.” Although Britain understood, France advanced anyway

Collective Security

League of Nations had problems 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. Germany wasn’t even allowed in League of

Nations

League of Nations

France didn’t trust the League of Nations. 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.

The Depression

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