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The Diplomacy of the Anschluss

When Germany conducted its annexation of Austria in March of 1938, it did so to the cheers of large parts of the Austrian population, but against the will of much of Austria's government. Kurt Schuschnigg, Austria's chancellor, as well as chief of staff Alfred Jansa, had developed military and diplomatic precautions to prevent Germany's pan-nationalistic attitude from stripping Austria of her independence. But Austria's main protector, fascist Italy, soon got too close to the Germans to deny Hitler's advances against his country of birth and Austria's other neighbors were for various reasons uninterested in aiding the Alpine republic's national defense. --- Sources and Further Reading: Arnold-Forster, Mark: "The World at War" (1974) Kershaw, Ian: "Hitler" (2008) Piekalkiewicz, Janusz: "Der Zweite Weltkrieg" (1985) Shirer, William L.: "Aufstieg und Fall des Dritten Reichs" (1960) Wagner, Wilhelm J: "Drittes Reich" (2001) Wucher, Albert: "Marksteine der Deutschen Zeitgeschichte 1914-1945" (1991) Wucher, Albert: "Seit 5 Uhr 45 wird zurückgeschossen - Ein Dokumentarbericht über Vorgeschichte und Beginn des Zweiten Weltkrieges" (1959) --- Music: Engel, Kai - "Plague" Waldetoft, Andreas - "Achtung Panzer!" Waldetoft, Andreas - "Russian Adagio"