Anschluss

n. annexation, union; annexation of Austria to Germany in 1938

The (German: link-up), also known as the , was the 1938 annexation of Austria into Greater Germany by the Nazi regime.The events of March 12, 1938, marked the culmination of historical cross-national pressures to unify the German populations of Austria and Germany under one nation. However, the 1938 Anschluss, regardless of its popularity, was enacted by Germany. Earlier, Hitlerian Germany had provided support for the Austrian National Socialist Party (Austrian Nazi Party) in its bid to seize power from Austria's Austrofascist leadership. Fully devoted to remaining independent but amidst growing pressures, the chancellor of Austria, Kurt Schuschnigg, tried to hold a plebiscite.
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n. Anschluss; (Computers) interface for connecting external devices to a computer; (Electricity) point of connection to a current

n. (new spell.=Anschluss) Anschluss; (Computers) interface for connecting external devices to a computer; (Electricity) point of connection to a current

n. Dutch Press Agency

terminal, connection