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This is a 4 page paper discussing the non-violent opposition to the Ruhrkampf occupation. The occupation of the Ruhr, one of Germany’s chief industrial centers, from 1923 to 1925 is one of the significant examples of non-violent opposition (called the Ruhrkampf) to occupation in post World War I Europe. The Versailles Treaty after World War I required that Germany pay reparations to the allies who were victorious in the war. Due to disastrous economic conditions after the war however, Germany was unable to make any payments and therefore defaulted. As a response to the default in payments, French and Belgian troops occupied the Ruhr region in Germany near the French and Belgium borders. Unable to militarily respond to the occupation, the German government instead called for non-cooperation and resistance to the occupation which lead to a further economic decline in the region. The resistance was also met violently by the French whose actions in the region were unpopular internationally and within France as well. The resistance to the forces led eventually to a new reparation agreement and the withdrawal of occupying forces.
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examples of non-violent opposition (called the Ruhrkampf) to occupation in post World War I Europe. The Versailles Treaty after World War I required that Germany pay reparations to the allies
who were victorious in the war. Due to disastrous economic conditions after the war however, Germany was unable to make any payments and therefore defaulted. As a response to the
default in payments, French and Belgian troops occupied the Ruhr region in Germany near the French and Belgium borders (Caplan, 2003; Martin, 1991; Sternstein, 1968). Unable to militarily respond to
the occupation, the German government instead called for non-cooperation and resistance to the occupation which lead to a further economic decline in the region. The resistance was also met violently
by the French whose actions in the region were unpopular internationally and within France as well. The resistance to the forces led eventually to a new reparation agreement and the
withdrawal of occupying forces. The French in its occupation also believed that occupation of the Ruhr, a heavy industrial region would continue to keep Germany "weak economically and militarily" (Martin,
1991, p. 89). It is believed that the Belgians largely acted as part of the occupying force because it was allowed priority in the reparation payments but also for fear
that if it did not go along with the French plan that it would be in a sense "encircled by France, economically if not militarily" (Jordan, 2002, p. 867). Germany
was already weak economically and its military had still not recovered from the war. Because of this, Germany was unable to make a military resistance to the occupation so instead
the German government called on its workers and citizens for a stance of "non-cooperation" resulting in an ongoing struggle that lasted for over two years called the Ruhrkampf (Martin, 1991).
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