What if Austria Rejected Anschluss in 1938?

99.73% of Austrians voted on the 13th of March 1938 that they should join Germany, right? Well, this is only the partial truth, as there is more to that. In reality, the Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg called for a referendum to happen, but due to an ultimatum by the Germans, was forced to resign 2 days before the referendum. After that, Arthur Seyss-Inquart became chancellor and allowed the Germans to walk in and rig the referendum.

So, what if we changed that, and Kurt Schuschnigg didn’t resign? Historically, his resignation was because quote “to avoid the shedding of fraternal blood.” In addition, something I bet you didn’t know is that originally, the Austrian painter and leader of the ultranationalist party ruling the German Reich planned to turn Austria into a client state ruled by Seyss-Inquart, not to annex it.

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