Admiral Beez
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I imagine being Austrian himself may have pushed the matter somewhat.Didn't Hitler annex Austria once he realized how badly many Austrians want to be a part of the German Reich?
I imagine being Austrian himself may have pushed the matter somewhat.Didn't Hitler annex Austria once he realized how badly many Austrians want to be a part of the German Reich?
Yes, he did not anticipate that level of support, so had planned to put a Nazi in charge and make them a Slovakia type state, but realized he could just annex them.Didn't Hitler annex Austria once he realized how badly many Austrians want to be a part of the German Reich?
You mean Seyss-Inquart, correct?Yes, he did not anticipate that level of support, so had planned to put a Nazi in charge and make them a Slovakia type state, but realized he could just annex them.
AFAIK yes him.You mean Seyss-Inquart, correct?
Also, isn't that similar to what Putin did for Crimea in 2014? Indeed, didn't Putin only decide on annexation sometime after Russia had already occupied Crimea?
Before his triumphant entry into Vienna, Hitler had planned to leave Austria as a puppet state, with an independent but pro-Nazi government headed by Seyss-Inquart. He was carried away, however, by the wild reception given to the German army by the majority of the Austrian population and shortly decreed that Austria would be incorporated into the Third Reich as the province of Ostmark (see Anschluss). Only then, on 13 March 1938, did Seyss-Inquart join the Nazi Party.[2]
OK; understood about everything.AFAIK yes him.
Not sure about Putin, I thought he always planned on annexation, because otherwise it would be impossible to maintain it separated from Ukraine.
Edit:
Yup
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Seyss-Inquart#Life_before_the_Anschluss
Did Britain shelter the Polish government in exile? No, no...
Disagreed; after all, there would be one year less of Soviet resources flowing into Germany and, unlike in our TL, Stalin would actually see the Nazi invasion coming in this TL and thus prepare accordingly ahead of time.If he begins Operation Barbarossa in 1940, there's a good chance that the Germans will do better than IOTL - though the Reich is unlikely to win, for all the reasons constantly stated in 'How can the Nazis win' threads. Perhaps Leningrad and/or Stalingrad falls, or even Moscow given the extra time. Still, without winter gear, the operation is probably doomed anyway.
Disagreed; after all, there would be one year less of Soviet resources flowing into Germany and, unlike in our TL, Stalin would actually see the Nazi invasion coming in this TL and thus prepare accordingly ahead of time.