HIST 388 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Austrian National Socialism, Kurt Schuschnigg, Sudeten German Party
18 Nov 2016
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Main focus from a localized conflict to a wider war. Sept 29, 1938 munich conference, and the policy referred to as appeasement. ". Munich has become a watchword for cowardice, gullibility, and impotence in matters of state. East central/central europe torn between west and soviet union; munich left them with little faith in the west, so they sided with the ussr. More than any other single event, it signalled the death of the versailles system, deeply disturbing the balance of power in europe, and crippling the credibility of the primary authors: the french and the british. Before munich, there was the austrian anschluss , or union . Austria was hitler"s native land, and it was a territory he deemed extremely valuable (manpower, a buffer). Ideological strife among austrian social democrats and austrian nazis produced violent confrontations in the streets of austria, beginning in 1919. February 1934, it brought austria to the brink of civil war.
