1930 Evacuation of the Rhineland: The British leave Wiesbaden

Following the Armistice of 1918, Allied forces occupied the Rhineland as far east as the river with some small bridgeheads on the east bank at places like Cologne. Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles of 1919 the occupation was continued. The treaty specified three occupation Zones, which were due to be evacuated by Allied troops five, ten and finally 15 years after the formal ratification of the treaty, which took place in 1920, thus the occupation was intended to last until 1935. In fact, the last Allied troops left Germany five years prior to that date in 1930 in a good-will reaction to the Weimar Republic's policy of reconciliation in the era of Gustav Stresemann and the Locarno Pact.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• British
• Forces
• Wiesbaden
• Rhineland
• 1930
• Demilitarized
• Weimar
• Republic
• Army
• Troops
• Parade

[simosymo]

tare...:P