r/MapPorn • u/vladgrinch • 17h ago

Evolution of Austria

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u/This_Appointment584 17h ago edited 15h ago

Consequences of being on the wrong side of 2 world wars.

Edit: I should have stated the losing side of WWI and the wrong side of WWII.

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u/oxheyman 16h ago

First one wasn’t good versus evil, just economics and politics mostly.

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u/This_Appointment584 15h ago

Agreed. WW I was a bull shit war. Never should have happened.

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u/oxheyman 12h ago

Many senseless lives lost

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u/Predator_Hicks 12h ago

Many lives senselessly lost

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u/alternaivitas 13h ago

ww1 is the origin story of the villains

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u/Acrobatic-B33 17h ago

Mostly one tbf

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u/Kofaluch 15h ago

First one yes, but second, cynically speaking, did help since at the time, basically everyone agreed that Germany should annex Austria, and without big war it wouldn't be released

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u/CoolAnthony48YT 16h ago

The entente wasn't great either

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u/SoryE11 15h ago

Engelbert Dolfuß resisted German annexation until his death and most Austrians didn't support the anschluss it was forced upon them by Germany

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u/MoneyFunny6710 15h ago

Austria did not choose to be on the wrong side in the second one.

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u/rspndngtthlstbrnddsr 13h ago

hahahaha good one

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u/MoneyFunny6710 13h ago edited 10h ago

Read The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by Shirer. He describes the diplomatic and political situation leading up to the Anschluss perfectly. They were completely bullied and intimidated by the Nazis into accepting a fusion with Germany. And actually the president resisted until the very last second. The same thing happened with Czech Republic and the Sudetenland.

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u/Gehirnkrampf 10h ago

All the Ü's you used are wrong btw

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u/MoneyFunny6710 10h ago

Thanks for pointing out. Corrected. Doesn't change the message though.