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Yes theydid , the treaty included giving the Saar coal to France
Hitler wanted the saar area because Germany lost it in the Treaty of Versailles and Hitler wanted to rebuild Germany so he invaded places and secretly rebuilt hs army. until he had a good reason to get his army as big as everyone elses. Hitler also wanted the area for the coal mines.
The Saar Basin was an important and rich industrial region for Germany, so when it was taken and put under the control of the League of Nations for 15 years, it contributed to much economic loss.
Germany was regaining control of emerging industrial centers, which were located in the Rhineland, the Saar, and the Ruhr valleys.
There's some confusion here. Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles (1919) at the end of World War 1 Germany was not allowed to station troops in the Rhineland. However, in March 1936 Hitler remilitarized the area.