Ruhr Valley
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In response, French and Belgian troops occupied the Ruhr Valley, the center of German iron, coal, and steel production, as a means to force repayment.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
The raid targeted dams in the Ruhr Valley in Germany's industrial heartland, releasing huge quantities of water into areas used by Germany for war production.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2021
He has been following a cohort of older women in the Ruhr Valley, an urban region of Germany, who are exposed to road-traffic pollution at levels similar to those in countless other communities worldwide.
From Nature • Nov. 20, 2018
The interest rate that made sense in the Ruhr Valley, however, made much less sense in countries that were starting to see bubbles.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 17, 2016
I realized than that I was directly over the� Ruhr Valley which was the industrial center of Germany.
From The Biography of a Rabbit by Benson, Roy, Jr.
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