modern history of Austria as an independent state, not very long.In 1918 he broke the Austro-Hungarian Empire, after twenty years, the country became part of the Third Reich, and only a decade after the collapse of its regained sovereignty.
Adolf Hitler was born in the Austrian town Luntz.He considered himself a German and dreamed of a Greater Germany, and in the truest sense: the Reich was, he intends to have a large area.First, he decided to merge all the lands inhabited by Germans.
common historical destiny, no language problems and the length of the common border were factors prejudge the Anschluss of Austria.The very word that has no exact translation and unambiguous (something like the inclusion of a country or Union), has become a household name brazen capture of non-military means.
In 1938, the German army was virtually unable to solve military problems, so the main problem for the German tanks Eighth Army, acting on the plan "Otto", was to drive to Vienna and do not break.Hardly they succeeded.
resistance was not and could not be, locals happily met German soldiers treated them everything they could, and threw flowers.Of course, to ensure that all happened exactly the way it was necessary to carry out preparatory work.Austrians suddenly feel that they are Germans, too, and the Anschluss of Austria was not only painless, but rather cheerfully.
Effect of pro-German-minded and often openly Nazi political forces in the country was very strong.Rapid economic successes of the young and energetic chancellor, who managed to win in the short term continuous unemployment and poverty, the growing technological and military power in Germany operated in the public consciousness hypnotically.
Hitler talking to the leadership of the Austrian ultimatum language and selecting the appropriate moment for the independence of this country no one to stand up could not or would not, perform the accession of a sovereign state, increased by seventeen percent of the territory under its control, and ten - the population.Army Austria joined the Wehrmacht and the German industry has to carry out military orders.
In addition, the Anschluss of Austria and can be called a frank robbery.Gold reserves of the country will automatically become the property of the Reichsbank, and they were considerable.The recently discovered oil reserves and has already developed iron ore and magnesite in Styria became a pleasant addition to all these acquisitions.
reaction of the European community in the Anschluss of Austria, and in fact, a violation of the Versailles Treaty was of a contemplative character, some concern was expressed only Commissariat Litvinov.
Hitler later blamed the fact that he did not allow a referendum in Austria just before the Anschluss on 13 March.He held it in April, and for the unification of the two brotherly peoples spoke almost all Austrians.
October 1 of the same year Hitler was just absolutely no resistance, annexed the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia, and after eleven months of the occupation of Poland began.Her profile ordained impending war with the Soviet Union, before the common border from Germany to Soviet Russia was not.
