Permanent historical factsheet

Invasion of Austria

Name: Invasion of Austria – Germany factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Germany · Government / NSDAP Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

6Records

1933–1938Date range

1Named people

2Places

Chronological records

1933

Adolf Hitler1933

Bavaria · Government / NSDAP Government

Founds the Austrian Legion which remains mobilized in Bavaria on the Austrian border

1938

Adolf Hitler10 March 1938

Government / NSDAP Government

Decides on military occupation before Schuschnigg's plebiscite of March 13th

Adolf Hitler11 March 1938

Berlin · Government / NSDAP Government

German troops are prepared to invade Austria

Adolf Hitler12 March 1938

Government / NSDAP Government

Germany invades Austria after the Austrian Nazi Party invite German troops to march in and the union becomes the Anschluss

Adolf Hitler13 March 1938

Government / NSDAP Government

German troops enter Austria

Adolf Hitler14 March 1938

Government / NSDAP Government

Hitler lays a wreath on his parents grave in Austria

Names involved

Adolf Hitler

Provenance

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