On a chilly Christmas Eve in 1924, the French government delivered a devastating blow to Allied forces, effectively blocking the planned evacuation of the Cologne area in German-occupied territory. According to reports from the Interallied military control commission, the French cabinet deemed the evacuation on January 10, as stipulated by the Versailles peace treaty, ‘impossible’.
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Key Facts
- State: National
- Category: Public Corruption
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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