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Treaty of Versailles
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Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, Allied troops were permitted to occupy portions of the right and left banks of the German Rhineland for a period of approximately 5 to 15 years. The final Allied occupying forces departed the region on June 30, 1930.1