Ruhr Valley Quagmire 1923
1923, Time Magazine, Versailles Treaty

Trying to Demilitarize the Ruhr Valley
(Time Magazine, 1923)

It was easy for the French and Belgians to send their Armies into Germany’s Ruhr Valley in February of 1923 – not so easy getting them out. Attached are two news articles that reported on the assorted European officials who were applying all their brainpower to the problem.