The annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany on March 12, 1938.
Imagine you have two separate Lego sets - one is bigger and more powerful than the other. One day, the larger set decides to connect itself to the smaller one without asking permission - this is similar to what happened during German Anschluss.
Nazi Germany: The period when Germany was under dictatorship from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler's National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP).
Sudetenland Crisis: A major pre-WWII event where Nazi Germany claimed territory from Czechoslovakia based on ethnic grounds.
Munich Agreement: An agreement signed between Germany, Italy, Britain, and France in September 1938 that allowed Germany's annexation of Sudetenland.
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