Nor was 1918 the end of the war as far as Rohland was concerned. Some of the most vivid passages in his memoirs relate to the resistance to the French occupation of the Ruhr in 1923. When Hitler declared Germany’s open rearmament in 1935, though Rohland had now risen to a responsible position within Vestag, he immediately seized the opportunity to resume his military career, joining the 11th Panzer regiment as a captain of the reserve and taking an enthusiastic part in manoeuvres.
