Grades 11 and 12 - World History - Senior High School - World War One Aftermath: Hitler's Foreign Policy, 1936-1939 — Flashcards

In the spring of 1936 Hitler sent his troops into the demilitarized Rhineland - a flagrant breach of Versailles. The Western Allies failed to resist this move, as Hitler had predicted. Some of his generals had cold feet, but Hitler argued simply that he was merely moving troops from one part of the country to another. But in order to appease his general staff, Hitler gave certain orders to his army if it encountered resistance as it moved into the demilitarized zone. What did these orders say?