Anschluss of Austria

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Nazi Germany expansion annexation historical event political event

The Anschluss of Austria was the 1938 annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany, marking a key step in Hitler’s expansionist agenda before World War II.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nazi Germany expansion → annexation → historical event → political event →
alsoKnownAs	Annexation of Austria → Anschluss of Austria → surface form: "Anschluss" Anschluss of Austria → surface form: "Anschluss Österreichs"
capitalCityInvolved	Vienna →
countryInvolved	Austria → Germany → Nazi Germany →
date	1938-03-12 →
dateCompleted	1938-03-13 →
followedBy	German occupation of Czechoslovakia → Munich Agreement →
ideologicalContext	Nazism → pan-Germanism →
impact	escalation of European tensions → persecution of Austrian Jews → strengthening of Nazi Germany before World War II →
internationalReaction	policy of appeasement by Britain and France →
keyFigure	Arthur Seyss-Inquart → Kurt Schuschnigg → Wilhelm Miklas →
languageOfTerm	German →
leaderOfAggressor	Adolf Hitler →
legalInstrument	law on the reunification of Austria with the German Reich →
literalMeaningOfTerm	connection → joining →
location	Austria →
method	military pressure → political coercion →
militaryForceInvolved	Wehrmacht →
opposedBy	Kurt Schuschnigg →
partOf	Nazi Germany territorial expansion → events leading to World War II →
politicalContext	interwar period →
politicalRegimeOfAggressor	Nazi Germany →
precededBy	Anschluss of Austria → surface form: "Austrian political crisis of 1938" Berchtesgaden meeting of 1938 →
predecessorState	Austria → surface form: "Federal State of Austria"
result	Austria incorporated into Nazi Germany → expansion of German territory → loss of Austrian sovereignty →
successorState	Third Reich → surface form: "Greater German Reich"
supportedBy	Nazi Party → surface form: "Austrian Nazi Party"
typeOfChange	regime change → territorial change →
violated	Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye → Treaty of Versailles →
year	1938 →