Occupation of the Ruhr

Date: January 11, 1923 • Location: Tiergarten, Germany

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1923.

Troops from France and Belgium invaded the Ruhr to force the Weimar Republic to pay reparations in the aftermath of World War I.

The occupation of the Ruhr was the period from 11 January 1923 to 25 August 1925 when French and Belgian troops occupied the Ruhr region of Germany.