The Anschluss with Austria, 1938

Hitler had been born in Austria and one of his objectives was to see Germany and Austria united as one country. By 1938, Hitler felt ready to try.

• Hitler bullied the Austrian Chancellor, Schuschnigg, into accepting a Nazi, Seyss-Inquart, as Austrian Minister of the Interior.
• Schuschnigg ordered a plebiscite to be held to find out if the Austrian people really wanted union with Germany.
• Hitler feared a ‘no’ vote so he moved German troops to the Austrian…