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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.
This is one scene of Chapter 5 — The Rhineland Bluff and the Spanish Rehearsal in The Road to War, 1931–1941.
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