WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On 7 March 1936 German troops re-occupied the Rhineland, a de-militarised zone according to the Treaty of Versailles. This action was directly against the terms which Germany had accepted after the First World War.

Detailed explanation-2: -On March 7, 1936, Adolf Hitler sent over 20, 000 troops back into the Rhineland, an area that was supposed to remain a demilitarized zone according to the Treaty of Versailles. The area known as the Rhineland was a strip of German land that borders France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

Detailed explanation-3: -After the end of World War I, the Rhineland came under Allied occupation. Under the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, the German military was forbidden from all territories west of the Rhine or within 50 km east of it. The 1925 Locarno Treaties reaffirmed the then-permanently-demilitarized status of the Rhineland.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the morning of 7 March 1936, German troops occupied the Rhineland, a part of Germany that bordered on France. According to the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was not allowed to station an army there. Hitler took a big risk, as he did not know how the Allies would react. He only deployed 3, 000 soldiers.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1936, Hitler broke the Treaty of Versailles by moving 22, 000 troops into the Rhineland demilitarised zone. Hitler also broke the Treaty of Versailles in 1938 by invading Austria and declaring Anschluss.