Austria Germany and the Cold War : from the Anschluss to the State Treaty 1938 1955 1918 1938: the road to the Anschluss 1938 and beyond: Austria as victim 1943: postwar planning for Austria 1945 46: the first year 1945 46: South Tyrol: first victim of the Cold War 1946 1949: Austria in the shadow of containment and Germany 1950 1954: Stalin note short treaty and rollback 1955: State Treaty as Austrian scandal