The Rhineland question is controlled by the Rhine. The river is the deciding factor. The master of the Rhine is the master of the surrounding country. Whichever side does not control the Rhine has lost.

— Ferdinand Foch Marshal Foch: His Own Words on Many Subjects (1929)

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