Germany: Invasion of Ruhr, Hyperinflation & Munich Putsch
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- Germany: 1923
- Invasion of Ruhr
- Germany paid reparation payment in 1921, but couldn't afford the it in 1922.
- France & Belgium invaded Germany in Jan 1923 & take payment by force. they invaded Ruhr, the main industrial area to take the goods such as coal.
- German reacted with passive resistance. They went on strike and refused make good. They sabotaged factories and flooded mines.
- French & Belgians reacted with violence shooting Germans,
- The Govn supported the strikers by printing them more money so that they could afford to keep striking.
- Hyperinflation
- Too many notes meant that prices went out of control. By Nov 1923, bread cost over 201,000,000,000 marks.
- The Govn supported the strikers by printing them more money so that they could afford to keep striking.
- People had to carry their wages home in wheelbarrows. Prices increased rapidly in which a day's wage would be worth a cup of coffee the next day. Middle Class & Elderly suffered as their pensions & savings were wiped out.
- Ended in Nov/Dec when streseman introduced the rentemak & signed the Dawes Plan.
- Too many notes meant that prices went out of control. By Nov 1923, bread cost over 201,000,000,000 marks.
- Munich Putsch
- As people were fed up of the situation that they would support another leader, Hitler used this time to take power by force.
- People had to carry their wages home in wheelbarrows. Prices increased rapidly in which a day's wage would be worth a cup of coffee the next day. Middle Class & Elderly suffered as their pensions & savings were wiped out.
- On 8th Nov 1923, Hitler & 600 Nazis seized a beer hall where a meeting between the Bavarian leaders was taking place.. Hitler and his men arrested the 3 leaders, made them swear their support for Hitler's takeover and locked them in a room.
- Soon after, the 3 men escaped & called the police, who went after Hitler & arrested him. The putsch was easily stopped.
- Hitler got useful publicity from his trial & was known all over Germany. Whilst in prison he wrote 'Mein Kampf', in which h explained all his ideas for Germany. He also decided it would be better to win by vote rather than taking power by force.
- As people were fed up of the situation that they would support another leader, Hitler used this time to take power by force.
- Invasion of Ruhr
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