German troops marching over the Rhine in Cologne, into the Demilitarized Zone of the Rhineland, breaking the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
Group of French soldiers clustered around a mounted machine gun during the French occupation of Dusseldorf.
German cavalry are given flowers by well-wishers during the reoccupation of the Rhineland following Hitler's violation of the Locarno Pact.
French Quartermaster Corps crossing over the bridge into Dusseldorf during France's post-war occupation of the Rhineland.
Children with buckets and containers line up to get food or drink from Belgian soldiers during the occupation of Ruhr.
Mounted military band passing down one of the narrow streets of Heidelberg as German troops re-enter the Rhineland.
British tanks entering Dusseldorf during the allied occupation of Germany in World War One, circa 1914-1918.
Arrival of Belgian troops in Brussels from the Rhineland . September 18th 1929. Photograph. Ankunft belgischer Truppen in Brüssel aus dem Rheinland ....
World War I New Zealand troops outside the YMCA in Ehrenfeld, Cologne, A large group of New Zealand soldiers shown mingling on the cobblestones...
Occupation of the Ruhr by french and belgian troops in 1923 here french soldiers outside post office in Essen.
German Troops Parading On The Streets Of Cologne From March 7, 1936 On Although It Was Banned By The Treaty Of Versailles And The Locarno Pact .
Men of the First Battalion Scots Guards marching over the Hohenzollern Bridge during the British occupation after the First World War. In the...
German soldiers cross the Cologne Bridge during Germany's re-occupation of the Rhineland in 1936, in direct violation of the Treaty of Versailles.
Rhineland massacres of the jews during the first crusade , France and germany, 1096 Engraving from Histoire-populaire-de-France by Lahure, 1866...
November 2025, North Rhine-Westphalia, Kerpen: The Niederaussem lignite-fired power station can also be seen from Frechen Manheim. Photo: Henning...
September 2025, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duesseldorf: Hendrik Wüst, Chairman of the North Rhine-Westphalian CDU and Minister President of North...
May 2025, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duisburg: Soccer: Amateur final day, Lower Rhine Cup, MSV Duisburg - Rot-Weiss Essen, final,...
Water vapour rises from the cooling tower of the STEAG Kraftwerk Walsum coal-fired power plant on the bank of the Rhine River on April 8, 2025 near...
Dpatop - 15 February 2025, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duisburg: Duisburg carnival prince Holger II stands at a table in the voting booth and casts his...
Carnival-goer attends the 'Weiberfastnacht' , marking the start of the street Carnival festivals in Cologne, Germany on February 8, 2024.
The twin spires of Cologne Cathedral are seen in the background as an M4A1 Sherman medium tank and infantry soldiers of the 3rd Armoured Division,...
