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Anschluss: The Rape of Austria

Gordon Brook-Shepherd

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Description:TWENTY-FIVE years ago Hitler made his first foreign conquest - the seizure o f his old homeland, Austria. Anschluss is the story ofhow in March 1938 Germany took over an independent country without a single shot being fired on either side. The essential business was conducted not on the battlefield, but on the telephone; the threat of brute force was merely in the background, and Hitler's unopposed entry into Vienna proved his theory that in die face ofWestern irresolution, bluster and blackmail could carry the day.The fall of Vienna dissolved the dream world of the Versailles Treaty and began the long nightmare of the Nazi occupation of Europe. It was the first (and only bloodless) chapter ofthe Second World War.Gordon Brook-Shepherd has written a vivid account of the events of the Anschluss, placing them in their historical context. He has examined German, British and Austrian archives and the testament given at the Nuremberg trials by Goring, Ribbentrop and other Nazi officials. He has also consulted, among others, surviving holders of responsible positions at the time of the Anschluss, Kurt von Schuschnigg, the then Chancellor of Austria, Theodor von Horn- bostel, Political Director of the Austrian Foreign Office in 1938, and Lord Avon, who as Mr. Anthony Eden resigned from the Foreign Office three weeks before the crisis. To his task the author has brought the same clarity ofexposition and readability ofstyle that distinguished Dollfuss and The Austrian Odyssey, and which make o f Anschluss a narrative o f sustained and absorbing interest.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Anschluss: The Rape of Austria. To get started finding Anschluss: The Rape of Austria, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 223

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Release: 1963

ISBN: 9781349816

Description: TWENTY-FIVE years ago Hitler made his first foreign conquest - the seizure o f his old homeland, Austria. Anschluss is the story ofhow in March 1938 Germany took over an independent country without a single shot being fired on either side. The essential business was conducted not on the battlefield, but on the telephone; the threat of brute force was merely in the background, and Hitler's unopposed entry into Vienna proved his theory that in die face ofWestern irresolution, bluster and blackmail could carry the day.The fall of Vienna dissolved the dream world of the Versailles Treaty and began the long nightmare of the Nazi occupation of Europe. It was the first (and only bloodless) chapter ofthe Second World War.Gordon Brook-Shepherd has written a vivid account of the events of the Anschluss, placing them in their historical context. He has examined German, British and Austrian archives and the testament given at the Nuremberg trials by Goring, Ribbentrop and other Nazi officials. He has also consulted, among others, surviving holders of responsible positions at the time of the Anschluss, Kurt von Schuschnigg, the then Chancellor of Austria, Theodor von Horn- bostel, Political Director of the Austrian Foreign Office in 1938, and Lord Avon, who as Mr. Anthony Eden resigned from the Foreign Office three weeks before the crisis. To his task the author has brought the same clarity ofexposition and readability ofstyle that distinguished Dollfuss and The Austrian Odyssey, and which make o f Anschluss a narrative o f sustained and absorbing interest.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Anschluss: The Rape of Austria. To get started finding Anschluss: The Rape of Austria, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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