High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Remilitarization of the Rhineland by the German Army took place on 7 March 1936 when German forces entered the Rhineland. Under Articles 42 and 44 of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles?imposed on Germany by the Allies after the Great War?Germany was "forbidden to maintain or construct any fortification either on the Left bank of the Rhine or on the Right bank to the west of a line drawn fifty kilometers to the East of the Rhine". If a violation "in any manner whatsoever" of this Article took place, this "shall be regarded as committing a hostile act...and as calculated to disturb the peace of the world".