Rudolph Hess25 January 1938
Documents are found signed by Hess clearing an Austrian Nazi revolt in the Spring. Austrian police raid the Committee of Seven Vienna HQ
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Documents are found signed by Hess clearing an Austrian Nazi revolt in the Spring. Austrian police raid the Committee of Seven Vienna HQ
Informs the Austrian Chancellor to hand control over to the Nazis. Hitler orders the Austrian Chancellor to to hand over control of his Government
Promises to support the rights of Germans not living in the Reich in the Reichstag
Kurt Schuschnigg defies the Nazis & calls for a referendum on independence
Decides on military occupation before Schuschnigg's plebiscite of March 13th
Mussolini indicates that he will not intervene to save Austria. Austrian Nazis in Government appeal to Hitler to restore order
Austrian Nazis take to the streets in Austria & appeal to Hitler to restore order
Makes an ultimatum to Schuschnigg forbidding his referendum on union with Germany
Germany invades Austria after the Austrian Nazi Party invite German troops to march in and the union becomes the Anschluss
Orders Wihelm Stuckart to Vienna to draft a law making him President of Austria
Proclaims the union of Austria with Germany. German troops occupy Austria which then becomes a Dominion of the 3rd Reich
Orders Stuckart to Vienna to organize anshcluss n defiance of the Versailles Treaty
Ordered by Hitler to Vienna to organize a total anshcluss
Makes a triumphal entry into Vienna, where he had lived so long as a tramp. Chamberlain anounces in the Commons that nothing could have stopped the anshcluss
Herman Goering warns all Jews to leave Austria
99.08% of Austrians & Germans vote in favour of the Anschluss
Cardinal Theodor Innitzer of Vienna meets with Hitler and then directs all Catholic clergy and laity to "unconditionally support the great German State and the Fuhrer"
Sent into Austria to set up Workers Front organisations
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