The Aftermath of the "Anschluss"
Hitler’s greatest achievement in foreign policy was the Anschluss with Austria in the spring of 1938, bringing the German Austria into a greater German Reich. He had talked in Mein Kampf about the creation of a greater German Reich, and this seemed to be a fulfillment of that dream and the political objective. What were the consequences of this move? Neville Chamberlain (left) had to adopt diplomatic measures to check Hitler’s rising political ambitions in Europe after the Anschluss. (Image: Bundesarchiv/CC-BY-SA/3.0/Public domain) Hitler in Austria Hitler had forced the national self...