WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On March 11–13, 1938, Nazi Germany annexed the neighboring country of Austria. This event is known as the Anschluss. The Anschluss was the Nazi German regime’s first act of territorial aggression and expansion. The Anschluss was widely popular in both Germany and Austria.

Detailed explanation-2: -After the Anschluss, Hitler’s Austrian and German armies were fully integrated. During the war, 800, 000 Austrians volunteered for Nazi Germany in the Wehrmacht and a further 150, 000 Austrians joined up to the Nazi party’s military wing, known as the Waffen-SS.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1938, Mexico became the only country to protest against the Anschluss of Austria at the League of Nations.

Detailed explanation-4: -Anschluss refers to the annexation of Austria in 1938. There was growing support in Austria for the Nazis from 1933. The country had a (non-Nazi) semi-fascist government from around this time. In 1934, the Nazis assassinated the Austrian chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in the hope of establishing a Nazi regime.

Detailed explanation-5: -Austria existed as a federal state of Germany until the end of World War II, when the Allied powers declared the Anschluss void and reestablished an independent Austria. Schuschnigg, who had been imprisoned soon after resigning, was released in 1945. READ MORE: How Did the Nazis Really Lose World War II?

Detailed explanation-6: -On March 11–13, 1938, German troops invade Austria and incorporate Austria into the German Reich in what is known as the Anschluss.