In direct violation of the peace treaty at the end of World War I, Hitler
sent the German Army into the “Rhineland” in 1936. The French Army
outnumbered the Germans more than two to one, but all they did was
wring their hands and call for meetings with other ambassadors.
England had a pacifist government who did basically the same. The
United States was so isolationist that they were not a member of the
League of Nations (it was really only a toothless debating society).

Because nothing was done at that time to curtail his actions, Hitler
realized that he could keep on annexing parts of other countries. Soon
he had control of the Sudetan Land, then Austria, then Czechoslovakia.
With nothing to hinder his activities, he subsequently invaded Poland.
Much too late the other country said “enough is enough.”

After the war there were a lot of captured documents and interviews
with German generals. It was revealed that not all of the generals were
in favor of going into the Rhineland. If France had issued an ultimatum
to the German Army to get out of that area or the French Army would
throw them out. The German Army would have immediately pulled back
rather than get into a conflict. Thus, it may have been the end of Hitler’s
rule and changed the course of events of World War II.

In WWII, the German 88's, their tanks, their burp guns, their Panzerfaust
(antitank shoulder fired weapon) and the like were so much better than
ours. It was just prior to the end of the war when we did excel with our
armament. It was the ingenuity of the American GI and having access to
almost limitless artillery ammunition that aided in keeping down our
casualties. Many a German soldier surrendered rather than spend another
day under the heavy fire of the Americans.