The Watch on the Rhine: The Military Occupation of the Rhineland, 1918-1930

TitleThe Watch on the Rhine: The Military Occupation of the Rhineland, 1918-1930
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2007
AuthorsPawley, Margaret
Number of Pages221
PublisherI.B. Tauris
CityLondon
Abstract

The Rhineland, scene of European conflict for generations, remained an intensely contentious area following the end of the hostilities of World War I. Under the Treaty of Versailles the Rhineland remained German but was to be occupied by Allied troops for fifteen years -- a controversial and uncomfortable situation which inevitably caused great friction between rival European powers. This volume deals with this eventful period of German history and the actions of the Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission, which was set up to administer the Allied Armies from its headquarters at Koblenz. Drawing on personal memories of her own years spent in the British zone and on the Annual Reports of the Commission, in which her father played a prominent part, the author provides a unique insider view of the work of the Commission up to its disbandment. She vividly evokes the atmosphere of growing resentment at the continuing occupation of German soil and the rise of Hitler that was to lead inexorably to his re-militarisation of the Rhineland in 1936.

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