Anschluss
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The Anschluss was the 1938 annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany, in which Hitler declared Austria part of the German Reich. It matters historically because it was one of the first major expansionist moves by Nazi Germany and violated international agreements that had prohibited such a union after World War I.
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- Historical background
- Before 1918
- Aftermath of World War I
- Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Austria
- Austrian Civil War to ''Anschluss''
- End of an independent Austria
- Schuschnigg announces a referendum
- German troops march into Austria
- Popularity of the ''Anschluss''
- Persecution of the Jews
- Referendum
- Reactions
- Legacy
- Meaning of ''Anschluss''
- Changes in Central Europe
- Second Republic
- Moscow Declaration
- Austrian identity and the "victim theory"
- Political events
- Literature
- Historical Commission and outstanding legal issues
- Sudetenland
- Austrian political and military leaders in Nazi Germany
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
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The ' (, or , ), also known as the ' (, ), was the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938.