Anschluss With Austia 1938 Flashcards

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Who discovered that the Austrian nazi party were planning a revolution and when?

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Chancellor Schuschnigg discovered the revolution in January 1938

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Hitlers designs on Austria….

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  • provision on ToV forbade the joining of Germany and Austria
    -1934 Austrian Nazi Party; murdered Engelbert Dolfuss, the chancellor of Austria
    ^ tried to take over Austrian government
    ^ prevented by Dolfuss’s successor (kurt Von schuschnigg) and Mussolini
  • Mussolini’s threats forced the nazis to back down

Spanish civil war brought Italy and Germany closer in 1936
- both signed Rome- Berlin axis in 1936

This agreement was followed by the anti- Comintern pact 1937
^ signed by Germany Italy and Japan to prevent the spread of communism

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What did chancellor schuschnigg do?

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Foolishly went to hitler for help
> instead hitler berated schuschnigg and insisted he gave positions in his government for Austrian nazis— this included nazi leader ~ Arthur Seyss- Inquart

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Schuschnigg returned to Austria trying to resist Nazi takeover by arranging a plebiscite asking if Austin wanted to return to Germany. What did hitler do when he feared the answer would be no?

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Moved German troops to the Austrian boarder and threatened to invade > lead to Austrian Nazi’s rioted causing schuschnigg to resign and Seyss- Inquart invited Germany into to restore order

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What happened when Germany entered Austria?

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They imprisoned more than 80,000 opponents of Hitler

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What happened on March 12th 1938?

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Hitler entered Austria in a triumph

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What happened March 14th 1938?

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The union was established, the plebiscite was held; 99.75% of Austrians voted yes

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How was Hitler able to break this term of the Treaty of Versailles?

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Mussolini didn’t interfere because of the Rome- Berlin axis

No opposition from Britain and France as they weren’t prepared to go to war.

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Why did Austrians support the Anschluss?

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They wanted to be a part of the glory and success of hitler’s third reich

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