Word: austria
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Year Plan. Adolf Hitler then began striking from Germany, one by one, the shackles of Versailles, and last week came the mighty moment when his chain-bursting finally carried Nazi expansion well out beyond the borders of Germany, sent it crashing not only into a foreign land but into Austria-the land in which Hitler was born...
Good Story. The press of the world had last week a fine tale of the events which led up to Austria's revamping along German lines. According to the tale, Benito Mussolini who twelve years ago accepted the role of protector of Austrian independence, called Vienna by telephone and told Chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg that all was at an end between them, Austria must throw herself on Adolf Hitler's mercy. So Schuschnigg crossed the border, to Bavaria, and at the Fuhrer's mountain chalet was shown into a room where he was left alone to read...
...possibility of Hitler's taking action to rescue the 3,000,000 Germans in Czechoslovakia, Wild predicted that any move will be more in the nature of the "peaceful penetration" of Austria than by open use of force...
...quiet return to Vienna of discreet Dr. Schuschnigg left much to be learned about what he and Herr Hitler had said to each" other, but Viennese this week thought the two Chancellors had laid the larger issue of merging Austria with Germany on the shelf to make a deal on lesser but vital points. It was said that Dr. Schuschnigg, an ardent Monarchist, had agreed to do nothing to better the chances of Archduke Otto to :obtain the Austrian Throne, while Herr Hitler agreed to force the Austrian Nazis again to curb their recently much increased activities (TIME...
...France, 5 Germany, Austria and Poland...