Remilitarisation of the Rhineland

When

7 Mar 1936

Kind

Event

Coordinates

50.28° N, 6.86° E

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Remilitarisation of the Rhineland.

In violation of the Treaty of Versailles and Locarno Treaties, Nazi Germany reoccupies the Rhineland. Hitler and other Nazis later admit that the French army alone could have destroyed the Wehrmacht.

1936 treaty violation by Nazi Germany

The remilitarisation of the Rhineland 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. Neither France nor Britain was prepared for a military response, so they did not act.

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• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Rheinlandbesetzung, Einmarsch von Truppen der Wehrmacht in das entmilitarisierte Rheinland”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “remilitarisation de la Rhénanie en réaction alléguée à la ratification du pacte franco-soviétique”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ドイツがラインラントに進駐。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page