The resulting position of British military weakness during the rise of the Nazi regime in Germany was among the causes that led to the policy of appeasement.
For example, the Italian Polizia di Stato demilitarised in 1981, and the Austrian Gendarmerie merged with the national police, making up a new civilian body.
Demilitarisation can also refer to the policies employed by Allied forces during the occupation of Japan and Germany after World War II.
[5] Generally, this zone is protected from attack and many countries forbid their troops from targeting because it would constitute a grave breach or a serious war crime that would likely warrant the institution of criminal proceedings.
[6] In the case, however, of the Korean Demilitarised Zone, of the areas beyond the demilitarized strip that separates both sides, are heavily militarized.