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The remilitarisation of the Rhineland (German: Rheinlandbesetzung, pronounced [ˈʁaɪ̯nlantˌbəˈzɛtsʊŋ]) began on 7 March 1936, when military forces of Nazi Germany entered the Rhineland, which directly contravened the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties.
The Rhineland was demilitarised, as was an area stretching fifty kilometres east of the Rhine, and put under the control of the Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission, which was led by a French commissioner and had one member each from Belgium, Great Britain and the United States (the latter in an observer role only).
Until this page brings in some of the information from Schuker’s essay and Young’s book, I am afraid this page offers a very distorted picture of French actions in 1936. --A.S. Brown 06:02, 1 June 2008 (UTC) The occupation of the Rhineland was one of the most important factors that brougt Hitler to power.
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
The remilitarisation of the Rhineland, from 1936, reduced the safety buffer between France and Germany to the small territory of Luxembourg. [2] The presence of foreign troops in the Grand Duchy in case of a Franco-German war once again became a probability. [ 2 ]
The Rhineland Offensive was a series of allied offensive operations by 21st Army Group commanded by Bernard Montgomery from 8 February 1945 to 25 March 1945, at the end of the Second World War. The operations were aimed at occupying the Rhineland and securing a passage over the Rhine river.
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Remilitarisation of the Rhineland; Rhenish gulden; Rhenish Republic; Rhin-et-Moselle; Rhine Province; Rhine romanticism; Rhineland bastard; Occupation of the Rhineland; Ripuarian Franks; Roer (department)