This resistance on the part of the Social Democrats has hitherto prevented a re-division of Germany, and it has also exercised a decisive influence upon the Rhineland Movement. The Rhenish Socialists ...

One of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles was that the Germans would not be able to keep military forces in a 50km stretch of the Rhineland. Hitler resented this term as it made Germany ...

Hitler remilitarised the Rhineland, from which German troops were banned under the Treaty of Versailles Britain and France again condemned the move but did nothing to stop Hitler, as they were ...

Sending it into the Rhineland became a “gamble of Hitler’s and he was successful,” Sichel said, because France and Great Britain didn’t mount a challenge. “The French had a very ...

When Hitler embarked on his aggressive military takeovers and invasions of the Rhineland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland ...

Over 300 castles let you experience their authentic and lively history. Rhineland-Palatinate's wine festivals are a hallmark of the region. The Christmas markets are world famous and are among the ...

France did not act. France was between governments when Germany re-occupied the Rhineland. The Hoare-Laval fiasco (where France and Britain tried to appease Italy's leader Mussolini by agreeing to ...

Huge crowds of costumed revelers took to German streets on Thursday as the much-loved Carnival celebrations got underway, with the two Rhineland Carnival bastions of Cologne and Düsseldorf a ...