Rhineland

The Rhineland (Rheinland in German) is the general name for the land on both sides of the river Rhine in the west of Germany. A geographical term originally, it has also acquired some political and cultural connotations, continuing in the name of the German Bundesland Rhineland-Palatinate.

The Treaty of Versailles (1919) specified the de-militarisation of the entire area after World War I to provide a buffer between Germany on one side and France, Belgium and Luxembourg (and to a lesser extent, the Netherlands) on the other side. In violation of the Locarno Pact[?] and the Treaty of Versailles, Nazi Germany reoccupied the Rhineland on March 7, 1936.

		Rhineland
		The Rhineland (Rheinland in German) is the general name for the land on both sides of the river Rhine in the west of Germany. A geographical term originally, it has also acquired some political and cultural connotations, continuing in the name of the German Bundesland Rhineland-Palatinate. The Treaty of Versailles (1919) specified the de-militarisation of the entire area after World War I to provide a buffer between Germany on one side and France, Belgium and Luxembourg (and to a lesser extent, the Netherlands) on the other side. In violation of the Locarno Pact[?] and the Treaty of Versailles, Nazi Germany reoccupied the Rhineland on March 7, 1936.
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