Why did Austria accept German Annexation?
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- Why did Austria accept German Anschluss?
From 1867 through 1918, the nation was locked in the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary, until their defeat in World War One brought about a split. By this point, the Republic of German-Austria was born and lasted only a short time, before being replaced in September of 1919 by the First Austrian Republic. The new state survived just under two decades, with Austrian autonomy being challenged once more as the Germans marched onto Austrian soil on March 12, 1938. The annexation, known as Anschluss, seemed to yet again confirm that Austria was simply destined to never be a country of its own - but why? And why was it so easy for the Germans to annex Austria?
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A very important point you missed out is how miserable life was after ww1 in Austria. Austria just went from being a global empire to being destined with irrelavancy forever, also having a civil war and a terrible economy and germany seemed to be able to fix all that.
Austria was stable again at that point of time
@@semsemeini7905 the troubles in austria where before the nazis come to power... yes the nazis later instigated shit as well but what aruplayz refers to is not wrong.
@@n.hetzendorfer evidently not…
The first years after ww1 Austria really was a poor shithole, but that changed after a few years when the econonic crisis came to an end and due to the use of the Schilling. Nevertheless, in the last years prior to the anschluss Austrias economy got destroyed again due to international isolation and sanctions from Germany, like the Thousand-Mark ban.
@aBoughtLemon That's not quite correct anymore. A recent research had shown that the only group that was represented disproportionately high within the nazi-party was the sudete Germans, while the Austrians were below average, even within their home territory. Core-Germans were the only ones distributed accordingly.
I was doing homework but this is more important
Bruh it's 9pm
@Spicyleaves ikr he doesn’t he is prop a kid lol
@Spicyleaves hmm did you know sarcasm existed
@@notorious4194 doesn't sound like sarcasm
@@notorious4194 How does one read sarcasm? Pls teach me.
"Locked in a dual monarchy" They were the SEAT of the Duel Monarchy.
Yeah the Austrians actually hated ruling over an empire filled with minorities without a say. damn habsburgs XD
@@ethanloveland504 That is pretty rubbish.
But ruling is hard work.
One of the seats.
Poor, poor Austrians
Hoi4 choice:
Accept Anchluss diplomaticly
Accept Anchluss militarily
*Game over*
@@fredericchopin4821 just pray for german ai choose oppose hitler path :D
hoi 4 is noob game play minecraft
@@bayram6639 oof depends on what type of games u like and Noob game its far harder i play both
@@bayram6639 Play Roblox instead they are asking people to change into "Realistic Avatars"
And after that they are adding voice chat which litterly made those brats an upper hand and yes The olds are fading away I feel like Roblox is turning into a Chinese game company
And also they say they would censor voice chat lmaoooo
Because back then Austrians were just Germans from the late Habsburg empire. Most of them felt, like Hitler or von Karajan, that they were plain German. The austrian identity is rather recent and was encouraged by the bad reputation Germans had after WW2 😉
Ironic since Autria was technically responsible for both world wars. Hitler was Austrian and they wanted to go to war with Serbia not because of the Archduke Ferdinand's death but because they wanted to annex them.
Von Karajan was of Greek and Armenian origins though
@@cht4263 what do his origins have to do with what he felt? Culturally he was German/Austrian.
But still he came to power in Germany...
Serbia started WW1
Because historically, Austrians always regarded themselves as ethnic Germans. An Austrian identity did not only emerge in 1945 but has existed for centuries. It was, however, always linked to a wider German identity. Austrians such as Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, or Johann Strauss regarded themselves as Austrians, loyal to the house of Habsburg, but also as ethnic Germans. Thus, when the multiethnic empire crumbled in 1918, it was the most logical thing in the world to seek unification with those they regarded as their fellow Germans. Only after 1945 did the Austrian identity become completely severed from any notion of a wider German identity.
Because they did not want to take responsibilty for "German war crimes". They rather chose to see themselves as victims even though they have been heavily involved in most crimes.
A Germany without Austria couldn't be called Germany, as it contradicts the very meaning of the word 'Germany'.
@@semsemeini7905 Die meisten aber schon. Selbst Mozart sah sich als ethnischer deutscher. und im Grunde genommen sind wir auch immernoch die gleichen Menschen. Nur halt etwas aber kaum andere kulter, selbe Sprache nur mit nem anderen Dialekt, sowie bei den Bayern oder den Sachsen.
@@birgitbauer241 Da stimme ich dir zu. Ich bin Bayer, und der Österreicher fühlt sich für mich mehr wie ein Landsmann an als der Sachse oder der Berliner.
Österreicher sind Deutsche. Sie wurden nur nicht ins 1871 geformte Reich eingegliedert, da Preußen und Österreich beide ihre eigenen Pläne hatten.
@@nein236 stimmt, Österreicher und auch ein großer Teil der Schweiz sind Deutsch, nur eben kein Teil Deutschlands.
More Austrians died from the change in direction of car travel from right to left than from resisting the Anschluss.
a price worth paying.
While, as far as I know, nobody died in trying to actively resist the Anschluss - many Nazi opponents were murdered immediately after (not only Jews). They are not to be forgotten.
Wait wat?
from left to right
@@SKVLE Austria had left-hand traffic up until the 1940s or so. Nowadays they have right-hand traffic.
random trivia: my great-grandfather was serving in the austrian airforce and as the germans annexed austria. He was one of few who rebelled against the annexation so the new german officers decided to strip him of his title and send him into the eastern frontline as a footsoldier. When the invasion of Russia turned against the german invadors my great-grandfather got captured by the Russians and they sent him into a Gulag prison camp. He was held hostage for 5 years but managed to survive and when he finally came back to Austria his weight was only 38 kg. He lived a thankful life afterwards and died in 1996.
Interesting story: I wish Italy defended Austria's independence in 1938
@@gismarco449 Yeah italy would defend against Germany because of the huge mountains
@@gismarco449 side note: They did in 34
@@boomwizardyt7228 yeah also the Italian generals were very experienced with mountain fighting
Funny things is after WW2 majority of those soldiers all of a sudden are of the few resistance fighters. In Austria plenty people will tell you "but my grandpa was one of the few resistance fighters" Boys and girls WAKE UP. Clue ... you might not like what grandpa really did in that war
due to their linguistic, ethnic and cultural similarities it isn't too strange
And the fact that even if one argues that the Germans intimidated voters in Austria for the vote to unify Germany and Austria, the majority of Austrians wanted to be part of the German nation.
@@gen.clint1014 yes
@@gen.clint1014 k
@@gen.clint1014 Austrians prefer using that name instead of Germans because of you're shitty reputation.
@@raizencruer6221 i thought it was because germany is now full of arabs and austria doesn’t like that
Important to note:
Austria wasn't an independent country for hundreds of years at this point. It's economy was heavyly reliant on being in a union with Hungary and Bohemia. A big world-city like Vienna could not be supported by the mostly agrarian countyside of Austria. The entent powers screwed them over far more than even Germany - no wonder they wanted the Anschluss.
This is why you don't kick people when they are down.
This is heavily misleading, since it was very much an independent country, far more so; its own empire, and great empires are of course independent. But like all empires it various regions which distinguished themselves in different fields of the economy.
@@johannesmaximilian848 Vienna was far too big for small country like Austria.
@@johannesmaximilian848 I guess I phrased that badly. Austria was dependent on it's empire in the same way a CEO is dependent on his/her workers. If you forcefully break up the company into small pieces and the CEO ends up all alone, all of the pieces will do worse than they did as a whole (as disfunctional as it was).
Austo-Hungarian monarchy was entirely ruled by Austria, it only got the name Austria-Hungary because Hungarians had an uprising to gain independence which they almost won and this name change seemed more favourable for Hungarians. Also note Austria occupied Hungary under the title "saving you from the ottomans" but it was just like what the Soviets did after WW2... they stayed in Hungary...
Bohemia was the Austria-Hungary main supply of industry during the empire times
You make it sound like Austria wasnt the senior partner in Austria-Hungary
Indeed, I too found that grotesque...
Austria was the Sheriff. Hungary the deputy.
Austrian part of the empire was bigger and had all the heavy industries, shipbuilding. It was far more economically advanced. Whatever the Austrian parliament agreed on, the Hungarians just rubber stamped the decision.
@@ctwentysevenj6531 but you know that austria is/was landlocked and building shipps for the danube isnt that usefull
@@user-et6cr6qd8v When they had the Austrian empire, it included the Slovenian and Dalmatian coastline. Actually Whitehead developed the torpedo in Austria. Large ships were constructed along the coastline in ports like Split for example.
Everyone is afraid to tell the truth about anything.
The truth!?!?! REEEEEEE!!!!!
YOU CANT HANDLE THE TRUTH
Because misinformation is how you control the masses. The truth informs and wakes people up.
@Stupid Bitch hey I don't have a problem telling the truth. That's why I've had 8 UA-cam accounts deleted since last October.
@@thegheymantis8702 i will start name of god and free speech.😎
so tell me true what actully is that>>?? what i thinking germans and austria actully same people no even have little diffrance, if germany and austria become one nation no body should have problm,
Before 1945, "German" was a wider ethnic identity. Whether you are Austrian, Bavarian, Prussian, Swiss, Luxemburger, etc., as long as you speak German, you are German.
After 1945, being German strictly means you are a citizen of Germany. This is largely due to the fact that other German-speaking nations, especially Austria, want to distance themselves from the crimes committed by the "Germans" during WW2. This way, Austria got a "First victim of Nazi aggression" out-of-jail card and had Germany take all the blames and punishments.
@Wizz21And? He considered himself German?
@Wizz21How ironic!
There is something you forgot. The German millitary was marching in peacefully into the major austrian cities, but exactly this happened in reverse as well. So the Austrin millitary was marching is as well in several German cities. E.g. Munich, Dresden, Leipzig.
“It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.”
― Aristotle
Says the man you personal taught Alexander the great LOL.
@@rj5848 there is no real peace in the world. Someone somewhere would find some reason to fight
@@MrLoobu it's not the teacher's fault if the student doesn't pay attention
@@bakthihapuarachchi3447 Id say Alexander paid attention he took over the world in his early 20s and never lost a battle. Aristotle said great things about him but wasnt around to see all the destruction and war that quickly followed his death in hundreds of communities that previously had never even seen greek people.
@@MrLoobu yeah but that destruction can't be blamed on Alexander or Aristotle
The Austrian government had decided in 1919 to join Germany as "German Austria". This was verbidden by the victorious allies and the country was forced to become a Republic. The interference of the allies constituted a breach of the international convention of self-determination of countries. The Anschluss by Hitler was therefore a restoration of long overdue self-determination and the majority of Austrian people welcomed it.
Heim ins reich.
self determination did not apply to the remnant states of Austria-Hungary. Look at the treaty of Trianon, Kaiser Karl's attempts to return to Hungary etc. all self determination of Austrians, Hungarians and Germans ignored if it served the agenda of another newly established nation state
complete bullshit
The Austria of 1919 was enforced by the Allies, an artifal state. Some german speaking areas like South Tyrol, northeastern Slovenia or the southern german parts of Bohemia and Moravia were annexed by other states.
Moreover Austrias economy suffered extremely and all this made the idea of unification with Germany so seducing as it was already popular since the crisis of the multinational Habsburg empire since the Revolution of 1848.
What self-determination, when they rule the empire with hungarians? They pay the price for loosing the war, and thx God it happend like this becouse from 1600~1700 to 1900 they persecuted millions of people from all Central and Balkan Europe
Because most Austrians at this time thought of themselves as German and were as depressed as the other Germans after WW1
@@wiedzmin8204 the same people thought of themselves as rightful subjects of the Habsburg before the upcoming of nationalism
@@wiedzmin8204i say this, because nationality is a modern construct, it's not biologically, and not a fact. theres nothing like a biological German. E.g. both sides of my family are from Eastern Prussia, my grandparents still spoke in the German Prussian dialect and both of my grandfathers sadly ended up in the SS.
Nevertheless, I'm genetically much closer related to people who live today in Poland or in the Baltic states than to people who lived in Western Germany over generations.
@@wiedzmin8204 I'm R1a, to be more specific R-L1029, if you take a look at modern Eastern Germany you will find many R1a people aswell, because Slavic people became part of the German nation.
And that's the reason why I said that I'm genetically much closer related to people in modern day Poland than to people who lived for generations in Western Germany.
Nevertheless I am German, my parents are German, my Grandparents were German and their parents aswell.
Nationality has nothing to do with biology.
@@karl-heinzgrabowski3022 But your original statement, is wrong. Read it again. "most Austrians thought themselves as german" I simply stated they are German lol. And the Prussians are definitely Germanic. Western poland is very closly related to the Germanic people.
They called it Blummenkrieg. War of flowers. Austrian soldiers entered Germany simultaneously to show the world it was peaceful
Oy vey, you weren’t supposed to know that!
Never ever heared that they entered simultaneously! They were "invited" later as my grandfather, who served in the Austrian army at this time, told me. And the Austrian army were ready to fight. Thx no bloodsheds but he served till the end of war.
Austrians are part of the german nation as much as bavarians, saxons, prussians are.
They are not fundamentally different, but in the details.
Same as Sicily and Lombardy are Italians. People in Eastern Europe call both Germans and Austrians as nemetskiy/nemecky/nemti.
*part of german culture. Not nation...
@@stefansteindl1017
That s the same.
That's right. The germans have forgotten their history. There are just 12 horrible unforgetable years left.
They speak German if you didn’t know
Actually Austria had plans to defend the country and the then leader of Austria Schuschnigg wanted to defend but was talked out of it because the key point of the defense was the support of other countries (especially Italy) and none wanted to come to help. Therefor it was useless.
@Duplizapper Source: the former president of Austria.
because they wanted to unite at the end of ww1 but was stopped by the allies. it was only the natural progression in the unification of german states.
It seems most odd to say that Austria way locked in the Austrian empire or Austro-Hungarian empire, as it was literally THEIR empire. That is like saying Britain was locked in the british empire or turkey was locked in the ottoman empire, Russia locked in the Russian empire.
To me it seems that the Austrian people didn’t like having to deal with all those other ethnicities.
@@yourhandsomestep-dad2669 Nothing could be further from the truth. The various peoples which Austria ruled over all left their mark in austrian culture, and cultural exchange between for example the czechs and austrians was most vibrant. Still now there is a czech and germam folk song "When Bohemia was still in Austria"
@@johannesmaximilian848 because it was basicly Germanisation of those people
@@yourhandsomestep-dad2669 They liked them only as servants, not as equal. That's why AH empire fall apart.
You mean England.
One of the Generals in the German invasion force of Austria was Chiang Wei'kuo, the adopted son of Chinese Nationalist leader and later President of Taiwan, Chiang Kai-Shek
Thankfully the facist KMT lost
@@alexrider2597 yes the 40 million deaths and the almost complete destruction of chinese culture under mao were so much better right?
@@alexrider2597 Yeah, cultural revolution, murders, genocide of minorities and a cruel communist state is much better I guess. Fascism suits much better for Mao...
@@xxxhalo4everxxx Nice Whataboutism. Imagine comparing deaths from famine caused by natural disasters and new agricultural methods to actual death squads and massacres by the fascists...
@@NGR024 Ah the same old false narrative, wanna tell me what minorities are suffering? You people seem to only name one and exaggerate the truth. So lets hear you name more and the reason WHY.
my photography teacher in my junior and senior year of high school was austrian. nicest, most welcoming and wise man i ever met and was like a cool uncle. I love austria and have lots of respect for austrians because of him 🇦🇹🙏
Austria is Not Germany. Austria as a Country exist longer
Ich liebe Oesterreich. 🇦🇹❤
The amount of times they said “the German chancellor” lmao. They really trying not to get demonetized.
Does that actually matter? Because Hitler's name has been said several times in the video. It's not surprising if there's a back and forth use of a political leader's name and / or with title of office.
Who was the German Chancellor? ;-)
I'm from Austria. The main reason to accept German annexiation was the huge crisis after WWI. Houndred of thousands children died because of hunger in Austria, even more than 10 years after the war. Inflation combined with bank crisis has made all money worthless. Austria was cut off from any sources, as it had in the Monarchy time. The corn fields are gone to the young balkan countries and Hungary. Coal mines are lost to Schlesia and Bohemia, including the steel fabrication. What was left ( der Rest ist Österreich !!) as per speach from the french hardlinger Clemenceau, was in this time worthless land. Only mountains with stones and snow, useless valleys where peoples find not enough food, no coal no industry, to feed 6 million peoples and no perspectives. At least the overgrown city Vienna. The was the base for Hitler and his National socialists to get the feets on Austrian ground.
Für „Schlesien“ verwendet man im Englischen das lateinische „Silesia“ .
Inwiefern hatte Deutsch-Österreich keine (Schwer-) Industrie ?
Ist nicht beispielsweise Linz ein Zentrum der Stahlproduktion?
@@kulturfreund6631 natürlich ist es das, weshalb die Allierten es auch bombardiert haben, wie auch andere industrielle Ziele in Österreich.
@@kulturfreund6631 ohne Rohstoffe bringt dir die beste Stahlproduktion nichts.
Du bist nicht der einzige Österreicher hier
@@semsemeini7905 and therefore was every austrian nationalist?????
When Sound of Music director Robert Wise filed to get a location permit for "German soldiers" to march in the town square, at first he was refused because the town council of Salzburg wasn't going to allow that. Robert then told the council that his only alternative was to show newsreels of Austrians cheering on the troops as they marched in. He got his permit.
Yeah, these hypocrites were quick to backtrack after the war but in 1938 99% of Austrians favoured the union with Germany.
@@thetruth495 That's not true. The result of the vote was shared by the Nazis and used it as propaganda (it also was completely fake). If Schuschnigg called for the vote earlier there could've been the chance that Hitler wouldn't interfere into the vote by marching into Austria. Ah and lets not forget about the fact that everybody who would've opposed the Anschluss would get imprisoned and executed just like the Resistance Fighters: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_resistance#:~:text=The%20Austrian%20resistance%20launched%20in,occupation%20of%20Austria%20by%20Germany.
The Problem is... that nobody really gets educated correctly/fully about the Anschluss because there is not enough time in Histroy Class and memes also just making it worse...
@@dschulieen Austria kinda wanted union with Germany honestly. Weimar Germany that is.
@@niekasnieko3177 They wanted it in the 20s until the end of the Weimar Republic...
@@dschulieen well yeah that's what I said.
*Germany x Austria* i know many of us will claim something else but secretly we love each other ;-) xoxo from Austria bros
Das stimmt wenn mich einer Fragen wurde wo die großten Freunde von Deutschland sitzen dann würde ich Wien sagen
@@dszxnavtiisx6384 das wär was neues für mich
@@l.h.9747 Its Anschluss time :)
@@dszxnavtiisx6384 no its not
Wahre Ostmärker unterstützen die Deutsche Einheit. (ohne BRD oder BRÖ)
Well it seemed like a good idea at the time. Austria had self-confidence issues. They just went from being the second-largest country in Europe to one of the smallest, the economy was a mess and people were starving. Joining their German brethren to the north, who spoke the same language and shared the same sense of kinship, but were doing relatively better, seemed only the sensible thing to do to most Austrians.
Besides, the guy on top was their homeboy...what wasn't to like?
Germany: I want unite all german speaking people under 1 state
Austria: My time has come
Poland: Oh no
Czechoslovakia: HELP
Bavaria: What did Germany say?🤔
Mexico: And I took that personally
Whenever you see a >th< in a German word or name it is not pronounced as a fricative. Günther is pronounced Günter.
Thaler is pronounced Taler (the word from which "Dollar" stems). It's like river Thames.
aaaaah German, what a poetic language.
Such a simple spelling, such smooth sounds.
Not to mention its easy grammar. A true work of art.
@@goofygrandlouis6296 spelling in german is hundred times more coherant and logic than English (not to mention French)
not Günter its pronounced Günta by most most of the people in Germany (Westfallen)
@@EDP-6000 Some Günthers are even nicknamed >Günne< . lol
P.S.: There's even a song by comedian Andreas Rebers on Günthers, called >Günthertreffen<
(translated: >The Günthers' Gathering< or >Reunion of the Günthers
A very distorted view on the situation. The Versailles and St. Germain treaties took several majority German speaking terroties away from the new Auustrian Republic. The areas of the Sudentland and Böhmen were handed to the Versailles creation of the Czecho-Slovak Republic. Tirol was seperated with the Süd-Tirol handed to Italy ignoring the fact that there was no Italian population in the area, an occupation that still festers today. The Dolfuss regime was a Quasi Fascist regime and in no way democratic, Hitlers comments regarding the Hapsburgs in 1921 are irrelevant as at that time Austria was a Republic. The phrase aswell that the country was locked from 1867 to 1918 is also misleading, Wien was the capitol of this multi ethnic empire and most Austrians and Hungarians along with other balkan states do look back at this time as a period of some stability, even though national expectations were becoming more to the fore.
Interesting; saving for further research
Very well said!
I AGREE WITH YOU.
--BJNG.
The so-called "Sudetenland" has always been an integral part of Czechia/Bohemia. It was never part of Austria proper or the Austrian Republic so it couldn't have been "handed to" Czechoslovakia.
@@Gosudar Böhmen was an integral part of the Austrian part of the Dual Monarchy. You seem to forget the lines drawn on a map in Versailles, Böhmen and Mähren were included at the French, insistence, of a created country of Czecho-Slovakia. A hodge podge of linguistic, ethnic peoples. The creation was merely to have a French satellite state on the Eastern border of Germany. The Treaty of St. Germain, also under Allied direction, decided the borders of the new Republic of Austria.
Those were some hops and jumps to keep some key words from the UA-cam demonetization hammer.
But thank you for the video. Great as always.
Where to beginn?
-Austria was one of the senior partners in the Austro hungarian monarchy, and until this video i have never heard anybody say the majority of austrians would have wanted to give that up and join the german Kaiserreich under prussian rule. (Maybe because this wasn't the case)
-2:26 You are missing the biggest reason for that entirely: The people living in austria at that time were used to live in a huge empire where for example the eastern regions provided the majority of the food, while the little rest remaining after WW1 had contained the capital, some industry (but not all) and the majority of mountains. So the majority of "Rest-Austrians" were convinced that this "Rest" would not be able to sustain itself as soverign country.
- After Dollfuß was assasinated the nazi party was prohibited in Austria and 13 of the most active in the participants were executed
This putsch was unsucsessfull becaus of several reasons: the support in the general population was not there, some leaders of regional parties were taken into camps right before it took place, and (typical for nazis) the different regional groups were "competing against each other" in anything from planning to equipment, and did not really cooperate, they weren't as good trained or equipped as they thought, and police, army and paramilitary groups were neither neutral nor in support, they opposed the actions by force.
So the austrian nazi party guys weren't just put in camps afterwards, they had already been standing out "with bad behavior" before. (So that as i wrote some of their leaders were already taken into custody)
-You are jumping around in the timeline a bit, people may get confused as you are talking about Dollfuß' assasination before jumping back some years again.
- What you say about the Juli agreement of 1936 sounds like you haven't read it's contents...
-You are also missing econimical pressure before this agreement like the "thousend mark barrier": Between 1933 and 1936 any german citizen who wanted to cross the border into austria had to pay 1000 Mark to do that. That was a huge sum of money.
-Even the nazi party still remained prohibited.
-7:50 "he agreed to meet with his german counterpart" That's a good one. Hitler commanded him to attend and there was no discussion. Hitler made very clear that he was the one who said what Schuschnigg had to do to avoid the Whermacht taking Austria by force.
So no offer for autonomy.
-9:10 I mean really? You show the ballot of the "plebicite" the Nazis held some time after annexation (at a time when they had succesfully removed anyone who opposed them, let only those people take part they assumed would vote for staying with germany, and held it non anonymous with "officials" like SA and SS watching people threatening them to make their cross for staying)
But you are talking about the plbicite Schuschnigg wanted to hold. Which made Hitler furious enough that he threatened Schuschnigg again to march into austria immediately if he would not cancel the plebicite. (Makes one wonder about how many in the population were in favor, if the little angry moustache guy was afraid about the outcome...)
-With this attempted plebiscite Hitler not only threatened him, he gave out the order to mobilize the army he intended to use (8th army) and Schuschnigg was forced to resign and they went on to march into austria. What Schuschnigg tried to avoid was austrians getting killed so his command to the austrian army (which was waiting for the unwillable fight at the borders) was to stand down and not fire.
A small detachement in tyrol "didn't get the memo" and did fight. (a bit, as they were not many, and had no support they stopped eventually)
-During the time between 38 and 45 it wasn't even called austria, the german high command ect. called it Ostmark (instead of Österreich)
And they generally looked down on the austrians as kind of "lesser germans" same for the soldiers. They changed out all leading personell the austrian army had for germans but kept the personell. The "lesser" feeling changed mostly after the annexation of Norway, as the austrian mountain troops had to do the majority of the land fighting there.
This happens when people make historic videos without sufficient understanding of the history.
I agree with this commenter, the video wasn't bad, but it could be better. History is more than pretty maps.
@@memeteam2016 The main problem is that the Anschluss is always a small part in history lesson as there isn't enough time for it. (Well not in Austria ofc ;) )
thank you for your service
Well said! All points that weren't said, espacially the economical ones. Maybe missing the jealous look to the Reich with their speedy recovery after the Great Depression. But history isn't easy or as a former, late Austrian Bundeskanzler called politics "Es ist alles sehr kompliziert!/it's all very complicated!". But to his credits this is one of the better vlogs about the Anschluss. To your credit you got all points that are missing. Thx!
The Austrians are the same Germans as the Bavarians or the inhabitants of Saxony or Thuringia. If Austria won the war with Prussia in 1866, the capital of a united Germany would probably be Vienna, not Berlin.
Without watching a second. I will answer the title. Hitler got hyper inflation under control. being from Austria he wanted to help his home land. they had suffered extremely hard reparations and the dissolving of the Austria Hungarian empire left them weak and poor. Holter promised work which he did provide at the start. Then shit hit the fan
Ignoring the most important which was that the Austrians are German
I figured you could piece that together by yourself.
Just an Austrian guy went back home with some friends
@@praisethesun.praisedeussol6051 spoken like a true ignorant.
@@hulmhochberg8129 so stating the truth is
Ignorant oh how sad the Modern Day's are
Language and ethnicity sure, but strange you excluded culture, as that was also a big part.
those are cultural markers
I would argue about the language in some degree :D
i think by 'ethnicity' he meant culturally, not in blood; it's a matter of language use!
Speaking as an austrian, austrians are cultural and ethnically germans and many supported the Anschluss
@Heinrich Heinrich sud tirol is Italia. Get over it
Hmm. Now i wonder, what do the austrian history books say about anschluß and Austria under nazi rule?
But the people in Wien are mostly ethnic Czechs and Serbians. Look at their surnames.
@@jozefmasny8349 you mean Vienna
@@mariasirona1622 Yeah, I mean Vienna. I wrote it in German, my mistake.
As a German from the south, I can say, we feel more connected to Austria than to any other part of Germany. Still today we would like a unification. They are more brothers than Berlin.
Austro- Bavaria is en route. I always imagine if Bavaria is combined with Austria after WWII.
@@yeshiyangzom8532 No. Bayern would prefer to be independent there. Württemberg feels more connected to Austria. We fought, this often, together, also against prussia.
4:06 Why do I hear ayedolf Hitler
because MURICA *eagle tear*
As austrian it is very interesting to read the comments and see what other people think about it.
Same.
80% of these comments are Americans talking about something they have no clue about
@@GloryToTheUnitedStates6037 Your german is fine. It's nice that you try to speak it :)
To answer your question: In terms of nationality: Definitely not. In terms of ethnicity, I'm not sure, since I also (as well as many other austrians) have ancestry in former parts of the austrian empire like czechia for example.
Thus I would surely not welcome a unification since we would not only lose our independence, but it would also not feel right anymore because we already have a lot of connections because of the EU.
Austria has its own independent history. I dont get why so many talk like after ww2 austria just became a new country that didnt exist before
Imagine naming a country slavistan and then proclaiming every slavic state should be a part of it because of the name. Not only that but austrians dont even have germanic ancestors but celtic ones. And saying the culture is similar is also not worth anything in the unbelievable culture mix that is europe. I mean what are the big culture differences between england and germany ? The only real difference is the language. After that you are basically good to go.
A very useful learning tool.
There's a lot of "fake news" in this video.
Because for example Vienna was over 500 years the capital of the Holy German Empire since the late medieval times?
Also, more important - because austrians are germans.
No we arent. We are austrians. We have celtic ancestry, our own independent history and we certainly arent germans because we where in the same country for 7 years while austria is over 800 years old and germany is younger then the usa
@@l.h.9747 Do you even know to pretend you know your own history?
Do you know, that the Ostmark was created by bavarians?
Do you know, that in the whole south-german cultural area (from Bohemia to Swizzerland, from the Harz to the Platten-lake were celtic people and off course in Gallia, Northern-Italy, half of Spain and the British Islands) the celts were there and mixed later with the germanic tribes from the north?
Celtic and Germanic is basicly not that different though.
Do you even know the history of the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation??????
Do you even know, that the nationalsocialistic movement, after the Anschluß let the austrian people vote for even that Anschluß?
Do you even know, that not only german troops marched to Vienna, but austrian troops crossed the bavarian borders too?
@@k98_zock_tv47
1. yes the ostmark was created by bavarians but that isnt austria. Austria was ostarrichi
2. Yes we have many things in common with the bavarians but not germany as a whole. We have in that regard more in common with the french then the prussians, the founders of germany
3.The HRE wasnt one nation but an alliance and under the HRE where also italians, part of the netherlands, czechia, slovenia and the emperor was most of the time from austria so by your logic germany should be considered austrian
4. Yes i know that there was a vote but it was a vote after austria was annexed, it wasnt a secret vote so you could be questioned what you voted for, the "yes" vote was 3 times larger then the "no" option and it ended with 98% voting in favor and that is very suspicious (maybe germany wasnt so democratic under the NSDAP but who knows, right ? )
5. Yes they did and there also was an order to the troops to not shoot to avoid bloodshed
it looks more like you dont know shit
@@l.h.9747
Bavarians are germans, if austrians comming from Bavaria, than austrians are germans. Sorry, but that it is.
The Second Reich, was indeed founded by Prussia, an other german tribe named Pruzzen earlier. I know, such things like "we dont like the east- or westcoast, or this country area and some inner rivalry, but by blood and culture Prussia and Austria (the main powers in Germany in the 17th up to 19th century) are closer than Prussia and France (olthough even here is some 1500 year old connection between East- and WestFrankia perspectivly Austrasian and Neustrien).
Historicly NOT a single country in Europe was than a "Nation", as per modern definition they all had absolute monarchies and the 3 state branches were not seperated at one hand, and secondly no Säkularisation took place on the other hand.
Austria-Hungary was more diverce than the First Reich of HRE, where italians and some slavic tribes were purely minorities. Also, Austria-Hungary was before only called Austria, so proved that a smaller people can rule more, what was again - not the case in HRE, where majority of people were of german/germanic ancestry.
I know, as I read actually the biography of Crown-Prince Rudolf, that this and that liberal imaginations of an aristrocratic ruled country (Nation??) like Austria-Hungary, are very romantized, and even back in the late 19th century, the germans in Austria wanted in growing numbers be part of the (core-)Germany itself and/or a better seperation from the non-german citizens of Austria-Hungary.
Again, you are germans ;)
I am from Bavaria, and I know also such people, little in numbers, who want an independency from Germany (like if Floria wanted an independency of the USA).
Be assured, that as long as I know how a rifle is working - this treason wont happen.
@@k98_zock_tv47 you cant just say an ethnicity started at one point in history and thats it. there is always going to be influence from inside and outside that changes everything. bavarians are close to austrians but we arent the same and just because bavaria is a part of germany certainly doesnt mean that we are.
the goal of the HRE wasnt a unification of german speaking regions but a protection of small states in the middle of europe and many happened to be german.
the whole term german got changed with the existence of a country called germany. nowadays german means someone or something from germany. also the language got loaded with that. just because a country called germany was formed doesnt mean everyone speaking it is a part of it.
austria had lots of influence from parts of the empire. i dont know a single austrian who doesnt have hungarian, czech, italian, polish, croatian or slovenic ancestors. many austrian words are also influenced by the neighbours and even bavarians cant realy understand austrians who speak in dialect or austrian german.
what is also extremely important what is often overlooked is that austrians dont want to be germans but austrians. an important part of ethnicity is a feeling of belonging to the group and that doesnt exist otherwise you could claim everyone is one ethnic group if you go long enough backwards.
what is always pushed aside is that austrians dont want to be germans and a feeling of belonging is a big part of that.
Because they're there's fellow Germans.
there there :D ... Greetings from a not fellow German, but an Austrian.
@@saftpackerl Austrians are germans
@@saftpackerl the same way Prussians
Austria had remained during the thirties as poor as Germany during the Twenties. Thats why everybody wanted to join Germany on its road of success and wealth.
wish you would dive deeper into the Dollfuss dictatorship rather than just brushing over his death because he was the main obstacle to austro-german unification and was a strong leader.
As an Austrian, i can confirm. Sadly, some still believe Austria is Germany. And we hate that.
@@imperialraijin that true i am also from Austria btw
@@imperialraijin the Only reason you identify as "Austrian" is because of The second world war you're german in every aspect the only thing that sperateds us is the Fact that the Allie's didn't want Germany to be stronger .
And i don't care what bulshit you'll say
You're German and you hate it
Why because that means taking responsibility for Hitler which you don't want so you now pretend that Austrians aren't German
@@imperialraijin dann ist Hitler auch Österreicher und Ihr als Österreich musst die schulde des 2 Weltkrieges alleine tragen
@@praisethesun.praisedeussol6051 actually austrians speak a similar but distinct language, have a different culture, and history. that makes austrians, austrian.
I am italian with german ancestors. I live in the border's region Trentino Alto Adige or Südtirol. Here until 1918 we were under K.u.K (Austrian-Hungarian empire) and 70% of population were composed by german speakers. After WWI borders were created without the minimum respect of the concept of ethnicity. Here, Alsace, Sudetenland, Danzig and many others. In a moment mio people were in a foreign country under really hard rules. Here for exemple german language was forbidden and surnames italianized. Worst things happened in east Europe. I think that Hitler and nazis used this deep desire of a Großdeutschland to have the favor of the population. All the rest is history.
0:08 i love how you alligned the borders
I think the explanation presented is off probably because it’s from an English language way of describing nation-state. There is no distinction between Austrian and German; Austrian are German the same way Prussian are German.
The same issue also exists in “Chinese”. “Chinese” in Chinese simply means everyone living in China regardless of ethnicity but the English phrase “Chinese” specifically only refers to ethnic Han + number of unspecified ethnic groups but leaves out “not Chinese Chinese”.
I guess you are right if you explain that for the Austrians back in the day. Though if you asked an Austrian today if they were 'German' in the sense of belonging to the German-sphere, you would only get a half-answer. Like, we would admit we speak a German dialect and all, pretty much everybody would say that they are not 'German' , but Austrian, drawing a clear line of distinction between the two terms.
Angelic word game to separate other nations.
Was ist den der Unterschied ziwschen Deutschen und Österreichern abgesehen vom Gebiet und Pass?
@@maxmusterman9262 Deutsche übernehmen die Verantwortung für die NS-Verbrechen. Österreicher welzen sie dagegen auf die Deutschen ab. "Erstes Opfer der Nazi-Agression" und so. Historisch kompletter Bullshit, aber das ist nunmal die Grundlage des Nicht-Deutsch-aberÖstereichisch-seins.
Because culturally and linguistically, they are German.
Austria's Anschluss was very important for Germany because it gave them a legitimate reason to invade the Czechs too because the borders looked disgusting
@Duplizapper How can you not realize that this comment is meant as a joke and then reply in such a serious manner after more than a year 💀
A lot of followers of this page play EU4 and/or HOI4 and in these games it's a very common practice to attack your neighbors if you or they have ugly borders in order to make the borders more beautiful
Excepted?? They were very happy with it.
Fun fact:
In Greek city of Volos during WW1, arrived an Austrian ship and even if was enemy (because Greece was with the Allied forces),residents welcomed it with music bands and holding Austrian flags...
That's why Greeks are calling them "Austrians",and even the football club of the city Olympiacos Volou,has fan club called "Austrian Boys"!
Except this is an urban legend. Some people believe it, but it’s not true, and not found in any historical facts.
*Germany anschluss Austria*
Mexico:"No"
Mexico(being the only country to denounce the nazis) to all of europe:
It smells like bitch in here
@@joshuaidugboe214 Argentina: nah nah i fucks with them nazis
Austria WANTED german occupation...WANTED ....greeted them with open arms
Sure they did. Just like the Ukrainians "welcoming" their Russian invaders.
@@BTScriviner what coolant are you drinking mate? Ukraine is at war, whereas the austrians cheered
@@masterdeetectiv9520 In a Nazi-rigged "election."
@@BTScriviner even if the election wasnt rigged it would have happened. There had been huge support for unification since the 1920s, its just that the entente forbade it. Austria on its own is pretty useless, without its empire
First of all the Austrian Empire did not disintegrate after WW1, it was cut in 10 pieces, mostly by the stubborn french prime minister Clemenceau. Both in Germany and in Austria Hitler never got more than 30% support in elections. Hitler's party was forbidden in Austria, chancellor Dollfuss was shot by SA in his office, and his successor Schuschnigg served wartime in the KZ Dachau, together with his party colleagues from his government. When Hitler threatened to invade Austria, the government requested support by those powers which had signed the Austrian peace treaty after WW1 and had guaranteed the independence of the country. Those powers did not answer!
Didn't answer because of Austrofascim. And Italy wasn't keen to give up the new German relationship. But your right, only Mexico protested at the League of Nations
@@kona6812 Today anyone is a fascist if he is not a leftist. But Mussolini was the editor-in-chief of the party newspaper of the PSI (partito socialista italiano), before he focused on national socialism.
The Austrian Government under Dollfuss (assassinated by SA) was neither socialist nor national socialist, but communists and national socialist were both ruled illegal.
Q: Why did Austria accept German Annexation?
A: Accept?
Q: Why did Austria accept German Annexation?
A:YES
More like welcomed lol
@@mariusciorogar1347 it wasn't annexation it was unification. to be annexed is to be conquered, they wanted unification at the end of ww1 but was not allowed by Britain and France
Most Austrians wanted unification.
@@nunoalvarespereira87 Looking at that ballot they were given....I bet most did!
Invasion? Nah. Nor was it an annexation. It was a Union which was a goal from the start despite the Austrian- Prussian war and the aftermath of WWI. Austrians are German after all. France decimated Austria with the treaty of St Germain. Even leaving them with no self determination. They have something against German folk alright.
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Bismarck didn't want that the Austrian (empire) join the unification of Germany .....,
austria is like that little brother who goes along with mischief and then when both of you get caught they claim to be entirely innocent and then snitch on you.
Austria is more like the really old man that lived his life, had it's highest highs and lowest lows and is now a depressed man with no pride.
Austria was part of the German Federation (Deutscher Bund) until 1866. After WW1 they already wanted to join Germany, but it was forbidden in the Treaty of Versailles. Nowadays it is forbidden by the Austrian State Treaty (Österreichischer Staatsvertrag) from 1955.
Why did Austria accept German Anschluss? Because Austrians were as Nazis as Germans, simple.
Time ago an Austrian diplomat told in a lecture I was attending: "Austria is a country that has spent the last 70 years trying to convince the world that Hitler was German and Beethoven was Austrian", lol. He was extremely honest, at least that time.
@@finitatem Good point about Austrians and Prussians being Germans.
Why Prussia is German whist Russia is slav? Prussia might be slav as well.
@@yeshiyangzom8532 see yourself: middleages: teutonic order / knights
@@yeshiyangzom8532 the historical homeland of prussia is now slav.
So you arent entirely wrong
If I were Austrian at that time, I would probably have promoted the Anchluss.
Germany: Join us!
Austria: We were supposed to have a referendum why are you invading me anyway?
Germany: Anschluss!
Mexico: How dare you!!!
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Anschluss just means: Union with Austria
Re-writing history again. Austria didn't 'accept' unification, they demanded it. There WAS a referendum.
@@waynemarvin5661 I’m not rewriting history Hitler still invaded anyway cuz he feared that Austria would pick “no” in the referendum
@@waynemarvin5661 the referendum was after the annexation
This guy tried so hard to avoid mentioning Hitler or the nazis in a video about 1930’s Germany and Austria
Good Video! I'm a new subscriber and you are doing a great work! Keep up!
*Knowledgia Police* You are here by ordered to binge all his video, thy must binge. BINGE!!
Banning Austrian Germans from joining their German brethren was an affront to justice.
It was anti-democratic and contrary to the principles of self determination of peoples.
At the time, Europe (and much of the first-world community) were trying to keep Germany from becoming too powerful because of how militant the nation was.
Keeping Germans divided did, at the time, seem like a viable option to, if not stop, then curb German aggression. In truth, forbidding Austria from ever joining Germany was pointless, and it was only later, after WWII, that the Allies believed the key was in separating Germany from its hegemonic Prussian heritage.
Cuz if there was one thing to know about Prussia, it was that they were probably the only first-world nation with a stronger pro-military culture than America.
@@steve8610 Maybe so, but perfidious Albion and duplicitous Wilson claimed to be fighting for self determination and national sovereignty.
If all one is fighting for is balancing powers and hurting Germany, then let them be honest about their intentions. But if they claim to be fighting for "democracy" and then betray their own ideals, then they shall be judged for their betrayals.
“Use Austria’s economy to fix their own crumbling economy.”
What rubbish. Austria was an economic basket case, Germany was prospering.
Actually towards the 40s in the early stages of ww2 Germany was about to default in its economy and needed to pay its lenders that had funded the industrial upswing. This is also why Hitler needed Czechoslovakia too, to take its vast gold reserves in Prague (not to mention its small arms industry).
Austria was two fold, he wanted to join his homeland and needed it to help push his plans
@@muddyhotdog4103 this is a myth. Germany was not highly indebted, what it lacked was foreign exchange currency to pay for imports. This is because it had severely restricted exports in order to focus on rapid remilitarization. It was not at risk of default, it just would have had to slow down remilitarization to redirect production towards exports. The Austrian and Czech gold reserves helped them continue without interruption.
Why they accepted? Cause they wanted to and that each country is allowed to do whatever it wants......................
I really wish historical documentaries like this wouldn’t censor out the swastika. I understand the various reasons for doing so but I feel that history must be represented without political bias so that the good and bad can both be understood. Whether it’s learning from the mistakes/horrors of the past or improving on the good to create a better future.
interesting how austria didn't even want to be independent
We were poor and lost everything.
A 1000 year old Reich was destroyed in 4 years.
@@kieferkarpfen6897 yeah
KieferKarpfen 68 you are suffering Angelic bully for so long yet you are willing to be the slaves of Anglos.
@@yeshiyangzom8532 From the germans. They were not even a state until 1871. So I do not think they bullied Austria
Austrian soldiers were a large and important part of the occupying force in many countries, and the way they depict themselves as victims in Auswitch is disgusting and nauseating
Who the heck kept Austria locked in Austria-Hungary? Pretty sure that the revolution of 1848 was a good indicator that Hungary would have been rather ok with being solo.
That’s not true I am Austria my grandpa said there were nazi people looking who voted for Abschluss and who not (you can think what happened when you marked no)
I thought that too, I can very well imagine that many were scared and just voted yes so nothing happens to them.
Knowledgia - “time to learn history folks”
UA-cam - “no.. no I don’t think so”
shut up
Many Austrians considered themselves to be Germans.
and support to German football clubs.
Because Germany at the time was a success story, and Austrians wanted to be part of it. Hitler himself was an Austrian, and it was only by an accident of history that Austria was not already part of Germany. When the German states united to form Germany in 1871, they were in effect becoming part of the Prussian Empire. Austria not only had an empire of its own, but had recently lost a war with Prussia, so becoming part of a Germany in which Prussia ruled the roost did not appeal to most Austrians. The situation in 1938 was very different. Austria had been stripped of its empire in the wake of WW1 and was a military and industrial nonentity. Germany was clearly a country on the rise to greatness, or so it seemed at the time.
no matter what politicians were arguing about, austrian people did want the anschluss and due to overwhelming public records even war winners can't deny that.
0:00 "The fate of Austria for some time seemed to be a destiny lacking of sovereignty and true independence." Because they were in the Austria-Hungary, the Habsburg Empire. Ha-Ha-ha-ha!! :)
The Habsburgs were Austrians and in the empire there was total Austrian dominance.
Greetings from Hungary! We spent a big part of our history supresseed by the Turkish, the Austrians, the Germans, the Soviets, but we were blamed for everything that these empires did.
Yeah this vid is weird, everyone should know austria hungary was basically controlled by austria
This all makes sense. But it should also be added that in 1938 and the years after many Austrians were proud that an Austrian made it to become chancellor and leader of a Greater Germany. However, one mistake in the video: Austria did not become a federal state of Germany. Like Germany itself, Austria was divided into "Gaue". Austria was divided into the Gaue NIederdonau, Unterdonau, Wien, Steiermark, Untersteiermark, Kärnten, Oberkrain, Salzburg and Vorarlberg/Tyrol-Vorarlberg,
You are completely ignoring that the word "german" ment something completely different throughout history. "German" as this word is used today is only the nation formed under prussian protestant hegenomy.
Nice video, though you missed a couple things.
First of all, Austria was not a nation, it was a country. "Austrians" generally regarded themselves as germans, living in austria, just like bavarians are germans, living in bavaria.
Also you forgot to mention the german revolution 1848 / 49. It was meant to unify all german states, but failed, because prussia and austria couldnt find an answer to the question who would be dominant. This was the question of Klein- vs Großdeutschland. With the german empire under Prussian leadership, they went with the Kleindeutschen Lösung, however, the idea of a totally unified Reich still existed in the heads of german people. Only really after ww1, when austria lost most of its empire, a unification became feasible, so Hitler did everything to make the Großdeutsche Reich happen. It wasn't his idea, or the idea of the nationalsocialists, it was an idea in the head of every german at that time.
Still great video though, and I really like the maps you showed.
Well, I do not agree with you on some narrative or weighing -> Austrians were not "that" keen of joining (Nazi) Germany, accepting annexation ... but they had to scope with the geopolitical reality. In a "mere" 60 years or so (roughly 1860-1920) Austria moved from being the central piece of german matters (Habsburg Empire), into a multiethnic empire (A-H), then reduced to a small, "insignificant" country after the disaster of WW1. This new country was basically surrounded by neutral or unsympathetic neighbours, so fairly isolated - the only real "friend" was Hungary, even more insignicant and even more plagued by the peace treaties after WW1. So basically Austria did not have much choice. Although there were many people asking for unification, the austrian culture is quite distinctive -> I know quite a few people from Austria, predominantly they indentify themselves 1st as austrians, 2nd as germans - this was quite the case back in the 1920's and 30's as well. Greetings from Hungary!
Austria did not accept Anschluss. It was invaded before a plebiscite to join Germany was done. Hitler knew that the Austrians would reject Anschluss with the Nazis.
„Accept“?! Austria rather embraced it!
"One People, One Nation, One Leader"
Taiwan: *sweating
Hong Kong: *dead
Dalai Lama: *been told to reincarnate under the Party's regulation when he dies
Nagorno kharabahk::::: tired
The real question is, what was the interest of Austria in refusing to join Germany?
those people wanted to restore their own empire
well austria voted for anschluss in 1919 uner a pleblicite called by the victors - it was denied along with all the other germanic areas which voted overwhlmingly to join a greater germanic nation - so whats new the unification was part of what was denied in 1919
0:18 Not Locked but Leading an Empire. There's a Difference between not being independent and not having a National Identity.
I think that Austria has been very important as reguard the history but the Austrian empire had to many different etnies and languages, fourteen, and was very difficult to keep them togheter. If Austria and Bavaria would have been united maybe the unification of Germany would have been different.
german-austria wasnt cut by austria,you know it was versailles....1foult.austrians are germans ,the oldest german gau in the south east.2nd.after ww1 the us have to give the willson peace to germany ,but they get clemanceu peace the best catalisator for ww2.
I never realized that this needed an answer because I thought it was obvious but thanks anyway I love to watch these history videos of WW1-WW2 and in between the two wars so it’s a fine addition to my collection
guess in hindsight it doesn't seem too obvious, knowing all the atrocities committed by the nazis in World War II, who would want to be associated with such riffraff? Also, the concept of nationalism and treason really clouds judgement sometimes, making us see peopl like Vidkun Quisling in Norway or Petain in France as traitors, when really they were simply making the best of the situation.
At the time, however, it must have seemed obvious to an Austrian, going along with the mightier power, even if it means sacrificing some degree of autonomy. Maybe people thought that Hitler, being an Austrian himself, wouldn't be so openly aggressive to the Austrian population, even the minorities.
Because we are one people - wir sind ein Volk
Water to Water - Fire to Fire - Germans to Germans !!!
Austrian Germans missed the unification and i is not surprising that many would welcome it. Unfortunately, it happened under the Nazi regime.
This article suffers from typical confusion between nation and state. Austria was not a nation, it was a state. The nationality of its citizens was predominantly German.
this left out many things... like the Austrian dictatorship, the small civil war, Italy's sole key role to stop Anschluss in 34 (like they were on the fence to go to war with germany), further more the ballot controversy
Edit: the ballot
@Heinrich Heinrich it really is quite ironic isnt it
0:40 how did Germany invade from the top of Austria lol
A more correct title of this video would be: Why did 99.7% of Austrians vote for Anschluss?
Also, when the german troops crossed into austria, austrian troops simultaneously crossed into german. It was symbolic of the peaceful unification. Troops were showered with flowers in what was dubbed the 'Blumenkrieg' (war of flowers). This video is biased.
@@semsemeini7905 The vote was already held and the referendum passed.
Nowadays there are no political figures that inspire so much unity in their people, or are beloved by their people like he was.
We've only ever experienced politicians that hate us or serve people that hate us, and we live in a broken, patchwork society where such unity is impossible.
There's hours of stock footage of the anschluss where we can see the jubilation of the celebrating throngs of people, including women weeping with joy. The streets are so packed with admirers that lanes had to be created for his car by men holding back the crowds in every town he drove through. You can watch the full footage of the speech he gave in the center of Vienna when he arrived. He was extremely popular at the time.
That's why nationalism is such a dirty word nowadays and the ruling class actively works to prevent a strong sense of unity like that; it ultimately ends up with bankers fleeing the country, just like they did when the Austrians voted to rejoin with their fellow Deutsche.
Unification was already a general desire for Austrians since the end of the Great War when the Austro-Hungarian Empire was dismantled. Versailles treaty prohibited unification of the now independent Austria with Germany. This would cripple land-locked Austria and keep greater Germany as weak as possible. Unification was a natural and obvious desire for all German peoples at time. It's the same reason the Sudeten Germans voted for unification and why the city of Danzig wanted to be returned to the Reich.
@@soapmaker2263 Sudeten Germans were located in Czechoslovakia, because centuries ago Czech kings invited them to settle in Czech border territories which were scarcely populated. It was done this way in many European countries. Germans lived among Czechs there peacufully, marrying each other speaking a mash language of Czech and German. The only time they wanted to "get separated" was because of german nationalistic propaganda that manipulated them, the goal was to get as many land as possible no matter what. Czech borders with Germany and Austria are ancient (at least 1000 years old). If a friend invites you to his home, would you claim his apartment as yours?
@@slouberiee When Czechs and Slovaks separated, was that because they were all manipulated by evil nationalist propaganda?
Did he say Germany's crumbling economy? In 1936 you can see the new Germany on display at the Olympics and the last thing I would say about it is "crumbling"
Hitler scheduled joint plebiscites in Austria and Germany for April
10, 1938. Both populations decided on whether to incorporate the
two countries into a single state. The people of Austria cast 99.73
percent of their ballots in favor of Anschluss with Germany. The
Germans voted 99.08 percent for unification.
Your ability to mispronounce names in every single video never ceases to amaze me.
I still find it weird how just 1% of Austrians opposed the unity and were for an independent Austria.
The referendum was not secret, and not many people wanted to vote "no", when a Nazi was watching them. Actually it's estimated, that only 1/3 was pro-Nazi, 1/3 was leftist (social democats or communists) and 1/3 supported the austrofascist government.
How is that weird lmao
@@georgv.6447 source?
@@georgv.6447 Sounds like some after war propaganda. The Anschluss was welcomed. Not by 99% but by the majority
@@GT-fl9gf It's in this book: Richard J. Evans: Das Dritte Reich. Bd. II/2: Diktatur. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, München 2006, S. 793.
Here it is written, that the Gestapo estimated, that in Vienna only a third want the Anschluss.
But I once read, that Chancellor Schuschnigg was sure, that two third of the population would support independence in the scheduled referendum. Hitler prevented this referendum with his invasion and made his own.
Because 99 % of Austrians wanted maybe??? 😀😀😀