Anschluss

Hitler was an Austrian. and wrote about his dream of uniting Germany and Austria into one Reich ..

• July 1934 Austrian Nazis attempted to take power in Austria.
• Mussolini threatened to send troops to protect Austria.
• Hitler decided not to risk war with Italy since the Army was still weak in 1934.
• By 1938 Mussolini was now Hitler's closest ally. and Hitler felt that Germany was strong enough to achieve Anschluss.

"Invitation".

• Early 1938 Hitler forced Austrian Chancellor Schussnigg. into agreeing to work more closely with Germany.
• However Schussnigg did not want to be…