In one of the most condemned moves of 20th Century history, French and Belgium troops (the Belgians are often forgotten as having a role in this) started their occupation of the Ruhr by crossing into Essen into 0445.
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French troops in Dortmund.
100,000 French soldiers were in the Ruhr by the end of the week.
Forgotten in this is that the French were a far more stable political entity at the time than the Germans, and the Germans had breached the Versailles Treaty. If the French had shown similar backbone in 1936, they would have stopped Hitler cold, caused him to lose the chancellorship, and he'd have been luck to have not ended up in the ground that year.
The Germans get a lot of sympathy here they really don't deserve.
Hitler did use the occasion to attack, in a speech, the German republican government.
Secy. of Labor Davis delivering the opening address at first meeting of the Nat'l Industrial Women's Conference, Jan. 11, 1923, at the Nat'l Museum.
Greek King Constantine 1 died in Italy in exile at age 54. He reigned, and abdicated, twice, losing his second regnum due to the war with Turkey.
Very oddly, his successor, two intervening kings in between, Constantine II died yesterday at age 82 in Athens. He was Greek's last king.
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