remilitarization of the Rhineland

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The remilitarization of the Rhineland was Nazi Germany’s 1936 deployment of troops into the previously demilitarized Rhineland, a key early violation of the Treaty of Versailles that marked a major step toward World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic crisis
historical event
military operation
cause Second Italo-Ethiopian War
surface form: Abyssinia Crisis

League of Nations’ failure to enforce collective security
desire to overturn the Treaty of Versailles
perceived weakness of France and the United Kingdom
revisionist aims of Nazi Germany
characterizedBy German troops entering the demilitarized zone
limited initial German forces
violation of international agreements
commandedBy Adolf Hitler
consequence encouragement of further Nazi expansion
step toward the outbreak of World War II
countryInvolved Belgium
France
Italy
Nazi Germany
Poland
United Kingdom
describedAs major early step toward World War II
followedBy Anschluss of Austria
surface form: Anschluss

German occupation of Czechoslovakia
Munich Agreement
historicalPeriod interwar period
location Germany
Rhineland
militaryUnitInvolved German Army
Wehrmacht
opposedBy Belgium
France
Italy
United Kingdom
partOf events leading to World War II
interwar period
precededBy Locarno Treaties
Treaty of Versailles
response diplomatic protests by France and the United Kingdom
lack of military intervention by France and the United Kingdom
result German military control of the Rhineland
increased German strategic freedom in Europe
strengthening of Hitler’s domestic prestige
undermining of the Versailles system
weakening of French security
significantPerson Adolf Hitler
startDate 1936-03-07
violated Locarno Treaties
Treaty of Versailles
year 1936

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Interwar period hasPart remilitarization of the Rhineland
Locarno Treaties underminedBy remilitarization of the Rhineland
Locarno Treaties endedByEvent remilitarization of the Rhineland
this entity surface form: German remilitarization of the Rhineland in 1936
Rhineland historicalEvent remilitarization of the Rhineland
this entity surface form: Remilitarization of the Rhineland (1936)
Rhineland Pact violatedBy remilitarization of the Rhineland
this entity surface form: Remilitarization of the Rhineland