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“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power”
― Benito Mussolini
― Benito Mussolini
Anchluss, 1938
- Anschluss - joining two countries : Germany and Austria
- 1934 Dolfuss Affair - Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor
- 1938, Hitler called on new Chancellor Schuschnigg to resign
- Leader of Austrian Nazi party Seyss-Inquart becomes new Chancellor
- March 1938 Germans roll into Austria
- "Plebiscite" is held and 99.75% voted in favour of unification
The Appeasers’ reaction
- No one does anything about this unification
- Britain only warns Schuschnigg not to cause trouble
- Only reaction was by Italy because many Italians lived in Austria
- Mussolini allows Hitler to take Austria though
- Hitler thanked him and promised he would never forget
The Sudentenland
- Ethnic German area in Czechoslovakia with 3.5 million Germans living
- They wanted to be a part of Germany
- British P.M. Nevile Chamberlain wanted Czech leader Benes to give up this land
- Hoping to prevent war
Neville Chamberlain and the Munich Agreement
- Without even taking a shot, Hitler gained so much land
- The new leader of Czech, Hacha who replaced Benes allowed for Germany to take over all of the country.
- Munich Conference
- Neville Chamberlain proclaims "Peace in our Time"
- Allowed Hitler to take some of Czechslovakia (Sudetenland)
- Hacha visits Hitler in March 1939 and gives up Czech independence
Summary
In 1937 Stanley Baldwin resigned as Prime Minister and Neville Chamberlain took over. Chamberlain pursued a policy of appeasement and rearmament. Chamberlain's reputation for appeasement rests in large measure on his negotiations with Hitler over Czechoslovakia in 1938.