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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Generate an image of the remilitarization of the Rhineland (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 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 ⓘ
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 → German remilitarization of the Rhineland in 1936 ⓘ
linked to: remilitarization of the Rhineland
Rhineland → historicalEvent → Remilitarization of the Rhineland (1936) ⓘ
linked to: remilitarization of the Rhineland
Rhineland Pact → violatedBy → Remilitarization of the Rhineland ⓘ
linked to: remilitarization of the Rhineland
Nazi Germany's territorial expansion before World War II → keyEvent → remilitarization of the Rhineland ⓘ