| German Invasion of Austria | |||||||
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| Part of Interwar Era | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Germany
|  Austria
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Adolf Hitler Johannes Blaskowitz
| Kurt Schuschnigg
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| Units involved | |||||||
| German 8th Army | Austrian Army | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 80,000-200,000 troops | 127,000 troops | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| few, if any | few, if any | ||||||
Operation Otto, also known as the German invasion of Austria or The Anschluss, occured in March 1938 when the Wehrmacht invaded Austria. The Germans took over the country, with little to no casualties.
War[]
The German 8th Army, led by General Johannes Blaskowitz, invaded Austria in 1938. German tanks rolled into Austria to assist the Wehrmacht, and the Austrian government resigned power to Adolf Hitler. Soon, German troops had taken over the whole country, with no known resistance. Austria became a province of the Third Reich, led by Arthur Seyss-Inquart.