WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Anschluss, German: “Union”, political union of Austria with Germany, achieved through annexation by Adolf Hitler in 1938. Mooted in 1919 by Austria, Anschluss with Germany remained a hope (chiefly with Austrian Social Democrats) during 1919–33, after which Hitler’s rise to power made it less attractive.

Detailed explanation-2: -Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, however, Germany and Austria were forbidden to be unified. Hitler also wanted control of the largely German-speaking area within Czechoslovakia, called the Sudetenland. Importantly, Austria shared a border with this area.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation encompassed both Austrians and Germans, and for several centuries the Holy Roman Emperors came from the House of Habsburg. As neighbours, Germany and Austria maintain especially close political relations based on mutual trust.

Detailed explanation-4: -On March 12, 1938, German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich. In early 1938, Austrian Nazis conspired for the second time in four years to seize the Austrian government by force and unite their nation with Nazi Germany.

Detailed explanation-5: -To include Austria in the new empire would have made it impossible for the Prussian crown to control the new empire. So Bismarck deliberately excluded Austria from the new empire in order to ensure that the Prussian crown could control the new empire.