Today in History 03/12/18

Hitler takes the salute of Austrian National Socialists at Linz, Austria, March 1938 (© Heinrich Hoffmann/ullstein bild/Getty Images)(1938) Hitler absorbs his homeland, Austria, into Germany
The nation of Austria is no more, as the Third Reich annexes it into Germany and Wehrmacht troops dismantle border crossings. The invasion and forced incorporation violates the Treaty of Versailles, but most criticism will be mild.
Anschluss refers to the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938. The word’s German spelling, until the German orthography reform of 1996, was Anschluß and it was also known as the Anschluss Österreichs.
Date: Mar 12, 1938

Hitler Crosses into Austria in 1939
Hitler crosses the border into Austria in March 1938.
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