Question

Germany violated the terms of the Treaty of Versailles on March 7, 1936 by sending the German Army into an area which was supposed to remain a demilitarized zone. This area was called: A) Saarland, B) Czechoslovakia, C) the Rhineland, or D) the Ruhr.

Answer 1

The answer is C) The Rhineland

Answer 2

The correct answer is C) the Rhineland

Rhineland was a part of Western Germany where Germany was forbidden from having troops and the territory was occupied and governed by troops from the US, France, Belgium, and Britain. In 1936, Hitler sent his troops there and established that Germany would no longer allow France to be the dominant military power in the region and in Europe in general.