Germans have occupied the Rhineland for a considerable length of time! I suspect that the question should be "When did Germany remilitarize the Rhineland?", the answer being 1936. The Rhineland had been made into a demilitarised zone after the Great War, under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, 1919. Germany had political control of this area, but was not allowed to put any troops into it. In 1936, Hitler ordered troops to re-enter the Rhineland, thus breaking the terms of the treaty.
There's some confusion here. Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles (1919) at the end of World War 1 Germany was not allowed to station troops in the Rhineland. However, in March 1936 Hitler remilitarized the area.
Before the German Army entered Czechoslovakia, the President of the country had fled to England and set up a government in exile, and the Slovaks had split off and become a separate country that was allies with the Germans. There was no Czechoslovakia left by the time the German troops entered the country. At the same time that German troops entered the former country of Czechoslovakia, there were also Polish and Hungarian troops that marched in because they wanted to take back their lands that had been part of the country of Czechoslovakia. The Czech part of the country became a German protectorate and the Polish and Hungarian land in the former Czechoslovakia became part of Poland and Hungary. The Sudentenland had already been given to Germany at the Munich conference because there were 3.5 million Germans in that area. So the answer to this question is that there was no surrender.
the bombing of Dresden achieved the stopping of weapon and equipment manufacture and stopped German troops being transported through the area.
In order to give France some security after having been invaded in the first World War, the Treaty of Versailles prohibited German troops from entering an area on the French border known as the Rhineland.
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In 1936-37: none. (In 1936 they remilitarized the Rhineland, but as the area had remained German there was no take over). The first area that the Nazis took over was Austria in 1938.
Germans have occupied the Rhineland for a considerable length of time! I suspect that the question should be "When did Germany remilitarize the Rhineland?", the answer being 1936. The Rhineland had been made into a demilitarised zone after the Great War, under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, 1919. Germany had political control of this area, but was not allowed to put any troops into it. In 1936, Hitler ordered troops to re-enter the Rhineland, thus breaking the terms of the treaty.
In 1936-37: none. (In 1936 they remilitarized the Rhineland, but as the area had remained German there was no take over). The first area that the Nazis took over was Austria in 1938.
There's some confusion here. Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles (1919) at the end of World War 1 Germany was not allowed to station troops in the Rhineland. However, in March 1936 Hitler remilitarized the area.
He invaded the Rhineland in 1936. According to the Treaty of Versailles (ending the First World War) Germany was not allowed to keep troops there - it became a demilitarised area.
Before the German Army entered Czechoslovakia, the President of the country had fled to England and set up a government in exile, and the Slovaks had split off and become a separate country that was allies with the Germans. There was no Czechoslovakia left by the time the German troops entered the country. At the same time that German troops entered the former country of Czechoslovakia, there were also Polish and Hungarian troops that marched in because they wanted to take back their lands that had been part of the country of Czechoslovakia. The Czech part of the country became a German protectorate and the Polish and Hungarian land in the former Czechoslovakia became part of Poland and Hungary. The Sudentenland had already been given to Germany at the Munich conference because there were 3.5 million Germans in that area. So the answer to this question is that there was no surrender.
· Germans were fooled by plans · Leaked wrong information · Sent troops to wrong area · Built defences I wrong areas · Not enough troops in right areas · Not enough defence or bunkers in right area · German's unpreparedness · There was no German counterattack · Confusion was extensive. · Command structure was a disaster
the bombing of Dresden achieved the stopping of weapon and equipment manufacture and stopped German troops being transported through the area.
A strongly defended area on the eastern border of France where British and French concentrated their troops in the early days of WWII, anticipating a German attack
British troops fought on the German border during operation Market Garden, defending the Nijmegen (Holland) area from counterattacks in the Reichswald forest area. This fighting heavily involved the US 82nd Airborne Division. This was in September 1944. Soon after and further south, US troops entered Germany with a bitterly-opposed, and not very successful, assault on the Aachen area. After the failure of Market Garden the British consolidated and concentrated on securing the port of Antwerp- the allied armies were now at the end of long and thin supply lines after their breakout from Normandy in August. Later, in February 1945, the Reichswald was attacked during Operation Veritable. This brought British and Canadian troops onto pre-1939 German soil. Subsequently, the Rhine River was crossed in Operation Varsity. Both these attacks were large, planned in detail, and were typical of Field Marshal Montgomery's style of command.
The Soviet Union was fighting the Eastern Front on D-Day. Many German troops were occupied in this area.