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Rhineland, area of western Germany along both banks of the middle Rhine River. It lies east of Germany’s border with France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands. It was the scene of recurrent crises during the first half of the 20th century and was an early test of Allied resolve against Hitler’s aggression.
The Rhineland (German: Rheinland; French: Rhénanie; Dutch: Rijnland; Kölsch: Rhingland; Latinised name: Rhenania) is a loosely defined area of Western Germany along the Rhine, chiefly its middle section.
The remilitarisation of the Rhineland (German: Rheinlandbesetzung) began on 7 March 1936, when military forces of the German Reich entered the Rhineland, which directly contravened the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties.
The Rhineland Campaign was about to begin. Strategic Setting. The Allied armies confronting the Germans in mid-September 1944 had arrived on the European continent through two great...
Rhineland, German Rheinland, Region of Germany. It is located west of the Rhine River and encompasses the states of Saarland and Rhineland-Palantinate and portions of Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, and North Rhine–Westphalia. The chief city of the Rhineland is Cologne.
In 1936, Hitler boldly marched 22,000 German troops into the Rhineland, in a direct contravention of the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler offered France and Britain a 25 year non-aggression pact...
In March 1936, nineteen battalions of German soldiers marched publicly back into the Rhineland, while the Nazi government waited to see the Anglo-French response. How did Britain and France react to the remilitarisation of the Rhineland?
