Final acts of appeasement
anchluss, 1938
- Treaty of Versailles forbade a unification of Germany and Austria
- 1934 Dolfuss affair (Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor)
- 1938, Hitler called on a new chancellor Schuschnigg to resign
- Leader of Austrian Nazi party, Seyss- Inquart becomes new chancellor
- March 1938 German troops roll into Austria
- "Plebiscite" is held- 99.75% vote in favour of unification
the appeasers' reaction
- British do nothing and warn the Schuschnigg not to cause trouble
- The french wont do anything without the British
- Italy was the only objection, but Mussolini gave his approval
- Hitler to Mussolini. "Never, never, forget this. No matter what happened."
The sudentenland
- Ethnic German area of Czechoslovakia where 3.5 million German live
- Br. P.M Neville Chamberlin want Czech leader Benes to give up Sudentenland
- Hopes to prevent war
- Hitler threatens to occupy
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neville chamberlin and the munich agreement
- Mussolini steps up with a four power conference in Munich
- Benes resigns in favour of Emil Hacha who agrees to the annexation
- Neville Chamberlin proclaims "Peace in our time"
- Hitler still recognizes Slovak state- moved in German troops to "protect" it
- Hacha visits Hitler in March 1939- gives up Czech independence