HIST223 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: United States
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In early march 1938, the austrian chancellor kurt von schuschnigg announced a plebiscite to show austria"s determination to resist nazi power: hitler ordered german forces to cross the border into austria on 12 march, most austrians did not oppose the german invasion, the anschluss sparked vicious displays of anti semitism within austria, many germans worried that this blatant defiance of the versailles settlement could mean war, when the response instead was accolades within austria and assent around. Germans of the sudetenland, the czechs began to mobilize their own forces: alarmed at the risk of war, representatives of the european powers agreed to meet with czech and german negotiators to seek a resolution, at the munich conference in september 1938, french and british delegates decided czechoslovakia should cede the sudetenland to germany, at the peak of the war scare, protestant church leaders sponsored prayers for peace that landed a number of pastors in prison for their implied criticism of.
