World History Minute: Germany remilitarizes the Rhineland (Mar. 7, 1936) Even though most German generals were against the move, on this day in 1936 Hitler decided to reinstate Germany's military ...

In 1936, Adolf Hitler ordered Nazi troops into the Rhineland, violating the Treaty of Versailles. In 1945, the U.S. 1st Army crossed the Rhine at Remagen, Germany after capturing the strategically ...

There is little imminent danger of a war in Europe as a direct result of Hitler's movement of troops into the Rhineland, said William L. Langer '15, associate professor of History, in an interview ...