French troops on Eastern Frontier orders back to barracks . All leave cancelled . As the League Council is meeting in London to discuss , Germany ' s re-occupation of the Rhineland , French troops are being massed on the eastern frontier . Even soldiers going home on leave have been stopped at the stations and rushed back to barracks . Tanks , infantry and motorized divisions have been rushed up to man the frontier defences as French military observers keep a watchful eye on troop movements in the re militerized zone . Trenches are being dug near the frontier around Strasbourg . Photo shows ,
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French troops on Eastern Frontier orders back to barracks . All leave cancelled . As the League Council is meeting in London to discuss , Germany ' s re-occupation of the Rhineland , French troops are being massed on the eastern frontier . Even soldiers going home on leave have been stopped at the stations and rushed back to barracks . Tanks , infantry and motorized divisions have been rushed up to man the frontier defences as French military observers keep a watchful eye on troop movements in the re militerized zone . Trenches are being dug near the frontier around Strasbourg . Photo shows , French soldiers marching from the railway station at Nancy after their leave has been cancelled as they had been ordered to return to barracks . 15 September 1936