How did Germany annex Austria?
In 1938 the German army faced no resistance when it invaded Austria. Within two days the 'Anschluss' or 'Joining' of the two countries had been decreed and many newly minted Germans believed they could look forward to a prosperous future. But it had taken two decades of social chaos in Austria plus a coercive pressure campaign by Berlin to bring most Austrians into line. The ease of the Anschluss of March 13th, 1938, was due to both the virulence of a Germany readying to march to war and the ineptitude of the Austrian regime.

Subscribe for more history:
https://www.youtube.com/c/LookBackHis...

More Videos:
What Began the Spanish Civil War?:    • What Began the Spanish Civil War? | H...  
How Did the Allies Divide Germany?:    • How Was Germany Divided? | The Allied...  
Why Does Luxembourg Exist?:    • Why Does Luxembourg Exist?  
Why Did Italy Take Rhodes?:    • Why Did Italy Take Rhodes? | Italian ...  
What Was Yugoslavism?:    • What Was Yugoslavism? | The Messy Bir...  

Sources Consulted:
Bukey, Evan Burr. Hitler’s Austria: Popular Sentiment in the Nazi Era, 193845. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. https://archive.org/embed/hitlersaust...

Miller, Stuart T. Mastering Modern European History. London: Macmillan Education LTD, 1990.

Pauley, Bruce. Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini: Totalitarianism in the 20th Century. 4th ed. Oxford: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2015.