Animal Farm Chapter 8: To whom does Napoleon sell the timber? Why does this surprise the animals?

It was claimed that Frederick was desperate to get the timber, but would not settle on a fair price. ... It was therefore a shock when the animals later learnt that Napoleon had actually sold the timber to Frederick! He had been in negotiations with him whilst seemingly also dealing with Pilkington.

after the signature of the treaty of versailles in june 1919, germany lost nearly 25,000 square miles and a population of 7 million people. these territories included eupen-malmedy area and moresnet which were ceded to belgium. regarding relations with france, germany ceded the sovereignty of the saar coal mines to this country, as well as the provinces of alsace-lorraine.

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