answers.input_text: short
answers.span_text: 1923
questions: when did france and belgium invade the ruhr
name: Occupation of the Ruhr
contexts: The Occupation of the Ruhr ( German : Ruhrbesetzung ) was a period of military occupation of the German Ruhr valley by France and Belgium between 1923 and 1925 in response to the Weimar Republic 's failure to continue its reparation payments in the aftermath of World War I .