Europe 1938: Anschluss
13 March 1938
											
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											Rise of Fascism
									
										
											
												-27–68 Julio-Claudian Dynasty
											
										
									
										
											
												68–96 Flavian Dynasty
											
										
									
										
											
												96–192 Nerva–Antonine Dynasty
											
										
									
										
											
												192–235 Severan Dynasty
											
										
									
										
											
												235–268 Crisis of the Third Century: Turmoil
											
										
									
										
											
												268–284 Crisis of the Third Century: Restoration
											
										
									
										
											
												284–311 Diocletian and the Tetrarchy
											
										
									
										
											
												311–363 Constantinian Dynasty
											
										
									
										
											
												363–383 Valentinianic Dynasty
											
										
									
										
											
												383–408 Theodosian Dynasty: Divided Empire
											
										
									
										
											
												408–425 Theodosian Dynasty: The West Besieged
											
										
									
										
											
												425–441 Theodosian Dynasty: Fall of Africa
											
										
									
										
											
												441–455 Theodosian Dynasty: Hunnic Wars
											
										
									
										
											
												455–461 Last Hope of the Western Empire
											
										
									
										
											
												461–476 Fall of the Western Empire
											
										
									
										
											
												476–1803 NO MAPS FOR THIS PERIOD YET
											
										
									
										
											
												1803–1814 Napoleonic Wars
											
										
									
										
											
												1814–1815 Vienna and Waterloo
											
										
									
										
											
												1815–1848 Congress Europe
											
										
									
										
											
												1848–1850 Springtime of Peoples
											
										
									
										
											
												1850–1859 Crimean War
											
										
									
										
											
												1859–1862 Italian Unification
											
										
									
										
											
												1862–1871 German Unification
											
										
									
										
											
												1871–1914 Imperial Europe
											
										
									
										
											
												1914–1918 Great War
											
										
									
										
											
												1918–1922 Armistice Europe
											
										
									
										
											
												1922–1939 Rise of Fascism
											
										
									
										
											
												1939–1942 World War II: Blitzkrieg
											
										
									
										
											
												1942–1945 World War II: Fall of the Third Reich
											
										
									
										
											
												1945–1990 Cold War
											
										
									
										
											
												1990–2010 Post-Cold War Europe
											
										
									
										
											
												2010–pres Crisis of Europe
											
										
									
								
							Anschluss
						
							
								28 Oct 1922 Mussolini's March on Rome
							
						
							
								8 Nov 1923 Beer Hall Putsch
							
						
							
								1 Dec 1925 Locarno Conference
							
						
							
								30 Jan 1933 Hitler Gains Power
							
						
							
								7 Mar 1936 Remilitarization of the Rhineland
							
						
							
								20 Jul 1936 Outbreak of the Spanish Civil War
							
						
							
								13 Mar 1938 Anschluss
							
						
							
								2 Nov 1938 Appeasement at Munich
							
						
							
								15 Mar 1939 End of Czechoslovakia
							
						
							
								23 Aug 1939 Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
							
						
					
				1937 saw further global disruption with the Japanese invasion of China. In March 1938, German troops entered Hitler's homeland of Austria, where they were greeted by the local population. The next day, Hitler announced the German annexation of Austria. Again this was in breach of the Treaty of Versailles and again Britain and France did nothing.
