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Nazi Germany remilitarizes the Rhineland

On March 7, 1936, German troops marched into and reoccupied the demilitarized Rhineland, violating the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties.

The remilitarization marked a major challenge to the post‑World War I European order, emboldened Hitler, and heightened international tensions that the Roosevelt administration watched closely while the United States maintained a policy of nonintervention.

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