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
If Mr. Hiesinger fails, it would be a hard blow for the network of factories strung across the already struggling Ruhr Valley, where about half of the company’s 60,000 employees in Germany work.
From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2014
As regards questions such as that of the Ruhr Valley occupation France is ready to take any avenue which leads to a furtherance of her fundamental policy.
From Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 by Graham, Stephen
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