A plebiscite organized to oppose it was coordinated with the raising of the voting age to 24 to block the influence of the emotionally-charged youth vote, but resulted in accusations of the violation of the Berchtesgaden Agreement and manufactured claims of rioting as a pretext to call for military occupiers by radio.
A plebiscite organized to oppose it was coordinated with the raising of the voting age to 24 to block the influence of the emotionally-charged youth vote, but resulted in accusations of the violation of the Berchtesgaden Agreement and manufactured claims of rioting as a pretext to call for military occupiers by radio. The forced resignation of chief of staff Alfred Jansa and foreign minister Constantin von Neurath foreshadowed its occurrence, and despite the attempts of the Fatherland Front to maintain power, President Wilhelm Miklas was driven from power after his coerced appointment of a new chancellor, Arthur Seyss-Inquart. FTP, name this event that saw Kurt Schusnigg driven from power and the Ostmark province created, the 1938 annexation of Austria by the Nazis.
A plebiscite organized to oppose it was coordinated with the raising of the voting age to 24 to block the influence of the emotionally-charged youth vote, but resulted in accusations of the violation of the Berchtesgaden Agreement and manufactured claims of rioting as a pretext to call for military occupiers by radio.
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