What term describes the union of Austria with Germany in 1938?

• A. Anschluss
• B. Rhineland
• C. Appeasement
• D. Sudetenland

Answer: (A)

Anschluss is the term for the union of Austria with Germany in 1938. It describes Nazi Germany’s move to unite all German-speaking peoples under one state, and in March 1938 German troops entered Austria, effectively absorbing Austria into the Third Reich. This annexation ended Austrian independence and expanded Germany’s power just before World War II, signaling the aggressive expansion that characterized Nazi policy. Other terms refer to different events: the Rhineland was the region remilitarized in 1936, Sudetenland was the Czechoslovak border area annexed in 1938, and Appeasement was the policy of making concessions to avoid conflict.