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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).
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7 March — In violation of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland. [2] 29 March — German election and referendum, 1936; 26 June — Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical, functional helicopter, first flown. 1 August — The 1936 Summer Olympics open in Berlin, Germany, at the end of the first ever Olympic torch relay. [3]
On 7 March 1936, in violation of the Treaty of Versailles, German troops marched into the Rhineland and other regions along the Rhine. German territory west of the Rhine had been off-limits to the German military. In 1945, the Rhineland was the scene of major fighting as the Allied forces overwhelmed the German defenders. [13]
In January 1936, Hitler accelerated his plans to remilitarise the Rhineland from 1937 to 1936. This decision was influenced by several factors, including France's ratification of the Franco-Soviet pact, political instability in Paris, Germany's economic challenges, and the disruption caused by the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, which weakened the ...
Pages in category "1936 in Germany" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Remilitarisation of the Rhineland This page was last ...
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