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Remilitarization of the Rhineland (1936)
On the Road to WW2 map as “The Rhineland reoccupied”
7 Mar 1936 — Three battalions cross the Rhine bridges with orders to withdraw if France moves. France does not move. Hitler later calls the 48 hours that followed the most nerve-racking of his life.
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- Rhineland and the Spanish Civil War (chapter 5 of Road to WW2)
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- The Road to War, 1931–1941
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