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(a) Study Extract C.

Extract C: From A History of Germany, published in 2000.

At the end of 1922, the French took the law into their own hands and occupied the Ruhr, with Belgian support. French engineers, backed by 60,000 French and Belgian soldiers, were sent into the Ruhr to maintain the production of coal. The French and Belgian authorities arrested mine owners. They expelled Germans working in a number of non-essential industries from the area. French soldiers savagely beat German workers and even executed some of them. The whole of Germany was outraged by the occupation.

What impression does the author give about the French occupation of the Ruhr?

You must use Extract C to explain your answer.

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