The Army of fascist Germany marches into Austria, and absorbs that nation into “Greater Germany.” The day before the illegal National Socialist (“Nazi”) Party of Austria overthrew the one-party dictatorship of Kurt von Schuschnigg. Schuschnigg had agreed to hold a national plebiscite on the question of merging Austria into Germany, but the referendum was cancelled with the coup d’etat.
[restored 7/18/2022] Thanks to Bill Holmes for this entry.
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References:
Anschluss – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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