The Anschluss War of 1938

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I am not sure. On the one hand, Germany is even less strong, army-wise. On the other hand (correct me if I'm wrong), Austria was not as prepared both in terms of defenses and in terms of army size, not to mention, Czechoslovakia had alliances with France, the USSR and the Little entente which Austria did not have and was overall in a better defensive position

As far as I'm aware, it didn't have that much to do with the strength of the opposition, but more to do with the international opposition to Germany's actions. Oster and the 'plotters' (Beck, von Brauchitsch, etc) weren't exactly 'Doves' but only wanted to go to War when they were ready. War pre-39 was seen as too much of a risk and even Poland and France were making some of them squeamish.

As for the strength of Heer, they might not be that strong vis-a-vis the other main European nations, but they were more than strong enough to topple the Nazis.
 
As far as I'm aware, it didn't have that much to do with the strength of the opposition, but more to do with the international opposition to Germany's actions. Oster and the 'plotters' (Beck, von Brauchitsch, etc) weren't exactly 'Doves' but only wanted to go to War when they were ready. War pre-39 was seen as too much of a risk and even Poland and France were making some of them squeamish.

As for the strength of Heer, they might not be that strong vis-a-vis the other main European nations, but they were more than strong enough to topple the Nazis.
I meant the German army wasn't as strong if invading Austria as it would've been a year later. But ah, yeah then I guess the international opposition would still be strong to Austria, but I think it would've been weaker since no large alliances were with Austria to my knowledge and the league of nations already proved itself to be ineffective for the most part in the Italo-abyssinian war. I think that the only way, the Anschluss would be prevented was if a POD was set at the beginning of the italo-abyssinian war and changed it so that Italy would stay in the stresa front, the league would be seen as effective and Italy would object to the Anschluss.
 

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So can we then send somebody else to lets say Berlin to hear Hitler ultimatum...

No.

Look, it isn't just a matter of substituting Dollfuss for Schuschnigg and having events from 1934 to 1938 continue unchanged. For starters, Benito Mussolini was not only Dollfuss's benefactor and guarantor of Austrian independence, he was also a close personal friend; Dollfuss's wife and family were holidaying at the Mussolini's villa in Riccioni when Engelbert was assassinated in 1934. Had Dollfuss lived, the first significant change in events would be that he would undoubtedly have been Mussolini's guest at the talks in Stresa in 1935; it is conceivable that Hitler might have been faced with an Austria that Britain and France might at least have supported diplomatically, instead of an Austria that was totally isolated.
 
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