Adolf Hitler Part 6: Hitler’s Secret Book
Real Dictators
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The German Response to the Invasion of the Ruhr
Germany is in dire economic straits, but foreign powers are still raiding it for all it's worth. While the French seize factories in the river, German children go to bed hungry. This is political dynamite for extreme nationalists like Adolf Hitler. To many in Germany, after the indignity of the Versailles Treaty, this feels like yet another violation of the country's sovereignty. France will eventually withdraw its troops in 1925, but the damage has already been done.
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