1 h 10 m, 5 mar 1936 ano - As Hitler predicted GB + FR did not react as: - the Rhineland was regarded as Germany's backyard anyway. - the risk of European peace was not worth the issue of whether German troops could occupy their own country. - France was in an economic crisis + had elections in 6 weeks time. - One of Hitler's foreign policy aims was to destroy communism + Russia. They wanted to let Hitler do the dirty work + a weak Germany = communist takeover (Russia 1918) (Linha do tempo)