This action was deemed null and void in the Moscow Declaration.
This action was deemed null and void in the Moscow Declaration. Earlier, it had been forbidden by Article 88 of the Treaty of St. Germain. One leader tried to manipulate a referendum to be held about this action by setting the voting age at 24. It led to the fall of the Fatherland Front. In the lead-up to this event, the murderers of Engelbert Dollfuss were granted amnesty. Kurt von Schuschnigg was replaced by Arthur Seyss-Inquart the day before this event, which gathered 99.7% approval in a plebiscite a month after it happened. Ostmark was created by this action, which was followed by encroachment into the Sudetenland. It was the first move in an expansionist policy based on the need for Lebensraum, or "living space". For 10 points, name this annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany.
This action was deemed null and void in the Moscow Declaration.
Anschluss [accept anything mentioning that Austria was annexed or forcibly combined with Germany before the end]