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On 7 March 1936, German troops entered and remilitarized the Rhineland.
On 12 March 1938, following German pressure to the collapse of the Austrian Government, German troops crossed into Austria and the following day Hitler announced the Anschluss: the annexation of Austria by Germany.
The following year, on 23 March 1939, Germany annexed Memel from Lithuania.
