The British in Germany, 1918-1930: The Reluctant Occupiers

Abstract

Part 1 The armistice and the peace, 1919: the occupation of the Rhineland the reluctant assumption of commitments, January-June 1919 the British in the Rhineland, 1919 a clash between two worlds - anglo-German relations in the Cologne zone in 1919 preparing for ratification, June-December 1919. Part 2 Enforcing the treaty, 1920: the Plebiscites Cologne and Danzig - the Gibralters of the North control commences. Part 3 The disintegrating entente, January 1921 - December 1922: the double crisis - sanctions and Upper Silesia polarization within the IAMCC the Rhineland under the shadow of Poincare, 1922 the British in Cologne, 1920-23. Part 4 The Ruhr crisis, January 1923 - January 1924: benevolent passivity and passive resistance, January-September 1923 the dual challenge of economic and political separation, October 1923 - January 1924 the impact of the Ruhr crisis on the control commissions. Part 5 From Dawes to Locarno, February 1924 - January 1926: liquidating the Ruhr crisis Locarno and evacuation. Part 6 The occupation and the Locarno sprirt, 1926-27: the problems of occupation in the Locarno era - the British in the Wiesbaden Bridgehead, 1926-27 the withdrawal of the IAMCC. Part 7 The dying occupation, January 1928 - July 1929 the re-emergence of the evacuation question the Hague Conference and the decision to withdraw the Rhine Army the evacuation, September 1929- June 1930.