89 years ago today, on March 7, 1936 (February 14, 1936 lunar calendar), the Nazis occupied the Rhine. The first German infantry marched into Cologne on March 7, 1936, almost a year after Hitler reintroduced compulsory military service in Germany. Today his army came in handy! They crossed the Rhine and entered the Rhine area, which was considered a demilitarized zone. In order to disengage the German army from its old enemy, the French army, the Treaty of Versailles and the Treaty of Locarno stipulated that 50 kilometers east of the Rhine in Germany was a demilitarized zone. If the German army entered, the French army had the right to take military action, and the British were obliged to support France with armed forces. Rheinland is German territory, but the Germans cannot enter.: Hitler decided to give the army peace of mind. On March 2, 1936, without telling the crowd, he ordered three battalions of German troops to cross the Rhine and advance towards the border city of Aachen. This was a bet, and he had an additional order for this: if the French responded, the Germans would immediately withdraw from the same route. As a result, the French did not respond militarily. The adventure was successful, and Hitler announced to all the members of parliament that the German soldiers had driven across the Rhine! The members of parliament were stunned. At that time, there were 100 divisions in France, but they were helpless by the three battalions of German troops. With this, the spirit of militarism came to their heads, and they cheered feverishly to the new savior. It was not long before Hitler's personal prestige reached its peak. The German bourgeoisie and Junker landlords thought they had finally found the right man. This man had once been notorious and ill-gotten, but he had destroyed the Weimar Republic with evil genius, annulled the 1919 judgment of the Allies, disregarded the Treaty of Versailles, was restoring Germany's place in the world with military force, and hoped to bring history a "German hour". As the Germans cheered, they forgot that Hitler could have led Germany to destruction. And the devil was determined to go down the road to darkness. "We will never surrender," he told the cheering crowd: "No! Decide! We may perish, but when we destroy, we will bind the world together -- plunge into the pit of fire together! When I destroy, I will bind the whole world together