On March 7, 1936, troops marched into the Rhineland and British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden warned Adolf Hitler that any attack against France or Belgium would force Britain to defend their allies.

1936 Vancouver Daily Province was that Britain was ready to defend France if it was attacked by Germany, whose army had just marched into a demilitarized zone in the Rhineland.

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 ...

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 ...