Austria and Germany have had complex historical relations and have long been part of the Greater Germany region and ruled by the Habsburg dynasty of Austria.

Later, Germany was unified by the Hohenzollern dynasty of Prussia, and they excluded Austria and Hungary formed the loose Austro-Hungary Empire. After World War I, Austria and Hungary also went their separate ways.

The European territory division that later generations are well known, Austria is a separate country, which was mainly determined at the meeting of the victorious countries after World War II.

The end of World War I brought many changes, such as the division of European countries, which is a huge problem. At the same time, a famous unsolved equation emerged: "Is a country a piece of land or a group of people of the same kind? If it is a people of the same kind, which common factor should take precedence, race, religion or language?"

Europe has been in turmoil after World War I, and the merger between Germany and Austria has long been premeditated.

In 1918, just after World War I ended, German military chief Ludendolf wrote to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, asking them to consider the merger of Germany and Austria to compensate Germany for the "losses caused by the war."

Germany's failure caused great losses to Germany, and all colonies were divided up by other countries, so Germany had to win over Austria.

At that time, the Austrian Provisional National Assembly adopted a resolution to merge with Germany within the party considering the impact of the defeat and the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In other words, both countries were injustice for merger.

Unfortunately, if they defeated Germany's Allies, they would not watch Germany become stronger. They did their best to weaken Germany and strictly prohibited the merger of Germany and Austria.

In this way, it was dragged down by Hitler to take office. For Hitler, how to re-integrate Austria into Germany was the first part of his imperial strategy.

History has proved that when a piece of land splits for too long, it will become more and more difficult to merge, because on this divided land, those who have gained power will not be willing to hand over power. They would rather be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix. Be the top leader of a country, and power will make them lose their minds.

Moreover, decades later, when a new generation of people grow up, the era of their growth will be divided and they will be even less willing to merge.

This was the problem that Hitler faced. When Hitler took Germany's power and wanted to deal with the Austrian issue, it was already a bit tricky.

The ruler does not want to hand over power.

So Hitler began to subvert the Austrian regime, and his plan was to support the Austrian Workers' Party.

A few years ago, they conducted subversive activities, broke into the Vienna Prime Minister's Office, shot Prime Minister Taulphes, occupied the radio station, and declared Lintren as Prime Minister.

Unfortunately, Italy was quite dissatisfied with this at that time and sent four divisions to the Brenna Pass, ready to intervene with armed forces at any time to maintain Austria.

Over the years, Hitler has been tentative, including advancing into the Rhineland. If Britain and France objected at that time, he would immediately retreat.

As a result, Mussolini quit and Hitler immediately stopped the plan.

In Hitler's eyes, he respected the revolutionary mentor Mussolini. At that time, Hitler saw that Mussolini did not support him, so he immediately gave up his plan.

In recent years, the relationship between Germany and Italy has been greatly eased. Now, Germany and Italy are joining like-minded to help Spain together.

Moreover, in the Spanish Civil War, the German team's combat effectiveness far surpassed that of Italy! This era is about speaking with strength, so Hitler was completely convinced that he had won the respect of Mussolini and he would no longer interfere in Austrian affairs!

This idea had been brewing in Hitler's mind for a long time, but it had never been said.

Now, after hearing Cialis's words, Hitler was very happy. Cialis was the one who knew his feelings best!

Hitler was about to express his appreciation when he heard a different voice.

"General Cialek, you have always been in Spain, not in Germany, and lack an analysis of the surrounding situation. I think your view is quite inappropriate." Blomburg, the German Defense Minister, publicly opposed it.

Originating from an orthodox Prussian officers, Blomburg had a considerable influence in the army. It was precisely because of his support that Hitler could successfully gain the support of the army.

Although the relationship between Blomburg and Cialis is pretty good on the surface, the officers' regiment has a bad temper, but they don't like this kind of civilian origin. In particular, Cialis won a battle in Spain!

The officers' regiment once discussed that it was extremely wrong to use tanks in a concentrated manner, especially Blomburg, who personally refuted this tactic. However, Cirick used the Spanish battlefield to demonstrate that this tactic was correct, which was simply a slap in the face of Blomburg!

There is a kind of arrogance in their bones, and at the same time, Bollomburg still has his own theory.

Although Britain and France did not speak when they advanced into the Rhineland because it was originally their own territory and they were in the wrong, but Austria was different!

Britain and France would not watch Germany merge with Austria, thus having greater potential for war, so they will definitely oppose it!

As long as there is opposition from Britain and France, it will be difficult for our side to proceed smoothly, so Bollomberg firmly expressed his opposition.

Private affairs are private affairs, and official affairs are official affairs. Although Cirick just congratulated him on marrying his wife, Blomburg was still quite opposed in this regard.

"Yes, if we annex Austria at this time, it will definitely trigger joint sanctions from the great powers. We have already violated the Treaty of Versailles. They may be wary of our rise and use this matter to jointly suppress it." After Bollomburg said, the commander-in-chief of the Army, Fridge, also expressed his views.

Both military generals opposed Cialek's proposal, and Hitler's face was still very relaxed and said, "Since both of them are opposed, we will talk about this matter later."

The tone was pretty good, and it did not destroy the atmosphere of the banquet, but Cialick saw the cold light coming out of Hitler's eyes. Now Hitler is already angry.

Blomburg and Fridge were stumbling blocks for Hitler to launch a foreign war! Hitler had to push down these two people in order to take the pace of his invasion!

And these two stumbling blocks have to be solved by Cialik!
Chapter completed!