What Does Anschluss Mean

Anschluss, German: “Union”, political union of Austria with Germany, achieved through annexation by Adolf Hitler in 1938.

What did the Anschluss do?

The Anschluss was among the first major steps in Austrian-born Hitler’s desire to create a Greater German Reich that was to include all ethnic Germans and all the lands and territories that the German Empire had lost after the First World War.

What does it mean to annex someone?

(Entry 1 of 2) transitive verb. 1 : to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition Many privileges were annexed exclusively to royalty. 2 archaic : to join together materially : unite.