In a controlled plebiscite in Austria this day in 1938, soon after Adolf Hitler’s invasion of the country, 99.7 percent of Austrians approved the Anschluss (German: “Union”)—the political unification of Austria and Germany.
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In a controlled plebiscite in Austria this day in 1938, soon after Adolf Hitler’s invasion of the country, 99.7 percent of Austrians approved the Anschluss (German: “Union”)—the political unification of Austria and Germany.