Rhineland

Definition

The Rhineland is an area in western Germany along the Rhine River. It was demilitarized as part of Treaty of Versailles following WWI, but remilitarized by Hitler in 1936 against this agreement.

Related terms

Appeasement Policy: A diplomatic policy where concessions are made in order to avoid conflict. Britain and France followed this policy when they didn't react strongly against Hitler's remilitarization of Rhineland.

Nazi Germany: The period when Germany was under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler, who violated the Treaty of Versailles by remilitarizing Rhineland.

World War II: The global conflict that followed after a series of aggressive actions by Axis powers, including Germany's remilitarization of Rhineland.