Remilitarisation Of The Rhineland 1936

Question 0

How did Hitler challenge this term?

Answer 0

7th March 1936; Hitler ordered 32,000 troops/armed police to march into the Rhineland
- fear B+F would try and stop him- they did nothing and hitler got his way

This action was popular

Question 1

What was remilitarisation of the Rhineland in 1936?

Answer 1

• Rhineland was an area of Germany
• ToV made it a de-militarised zone; Germany could not keep troops or weapons here
• Germans found this unjust and humiliating

Question 2

How was Hitler able to get away with this?

Answer 2

• this action was popular with the Germans
• Rhinelanders went wild with delight
• Hitler felt encouraged to continue Perusing his policy’s
• some historians believe it was B+Fs final chance to confront hitler without going to war– German armies were to weak to take on France in 1936
• Germans were told to retreat if they were opposed
• B+F were more worried about Mussolini invading Abyssinia
• took no notice of hitler

Question 3

After the remilitarisation of the Rhineland who commented hitler?

Answer 3

League of Nations commented hitlers actions but did nothing more

• hitler offered to make a peace treaty that would last 25years
• his way of claiming those countries that wanted peace and getting his way
• his combination of agression and diplomacy succeeded