German troops annexed Austria on this day in 1938
Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025
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Their hearts go out to the Germans.
I see a lot of “alleged Nazi salutes”.
The original MAGA moment, Make Austria Germany Again
It could be argued that these are the scenes that Trump expects in the USA-Canada anschluss.
Oh look – it’s the Tesla Girls!
Does it count as a reverse merger if Germany was already ruled by an Austrian? 🤔
I do think that’s what Donnie hopes the Canadians would be like.
Good thing they are not.
99,7 voted yes, the ballot had a large field for yes in the center, a small one for no as you can se in this picture
[99,7 Prozent stimmten für „Anschluss“](https://science.orf.at/v2/stories/2906033/)
The “[first victim of nazism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria_victim_theory)”, according to themselves for a long time.
(Also [totally wasn’t fascist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_State_of_Austria) before the Anschluss /s)
Da strahlt man in den elitären Kreisen Österreichs heute noch drüber…
For all those who are wondering why the Austrian flag is being carried: At that time, nobody knew that Austria would be completely absorbed into the Third Reich. Allegedly, Hitler decided this very spontaneously on the day of the Anschluss. The original plan was for Austria to become a kind of satellite state. Presumably in the same way that Belarus is a satellite state of Russia today.
Hitler might have decided differently if the Austrian military had fired shots. But the Austrian Federal President did not issue the order because he considered the situation hopeless. There was a great dissonance between the state and the people. The people were cheering, but the military would have been ready to fight.
To this day, it’s unclear how many Austrians actually supported the Anschluss. But it was probably the majority. There were a lot of people on the streets. They thought they had nothing to lose. Unemployment was high, Hitler was blackmailing Austria, and democracy had already been abolished anyway. It should never have come to this. The fact that the opposition was imprisoned was a major problem. There was no national unity. But the worst thing is that today, over 30% of Austrians are again voting for a right-wing extremist party. We could have learned from history.
The German invasions and Anschluss sought to unify Europe through force, repression, and war, leaving devastation and resentment in their wake. In contrast, the European Union has achieved integration through voluntary cooperation and shared prosperity. Cherish it.
Jeez. Austria really loved Tesla.
If propaganda and fear survives and thrives in 2025 in the era of internet and media platforms
imagine 80 or 100 years ago.
Ah, the Tesla salute.
And today they claim they were annexed by force against their will. Total and utter BS.
People from same mother however in difficult times.
Thankfully Canadians know better than repeating history
This appears to be Graz, Styria, specifically, if I am not entirely mistaken.
Oh those young ladies are doing the Roman salute! /s
They’re very happy
This is why Austria’s lack of a Brandmauer has always worried me
Look at all the Elon Musks there!
No parallel to any current events or threats thereof whatsoever
Why are they all doing the Elon Musk salute?
Unfortunately, a very small amount of Canadians would look that happy as Americans rolled into the country. Propaganda works.Â
That was not an annexation, lol. Sudetenland was annexation. This was willful participation in fascism.
If only they could just learn to live peacefully, so many millions of lives would’ve been saved, so many untold tragedies avoided…they had everything they needed, but for some reason wanted more…no one has hurt the German nation like those that claimed wanted to improve it…
But isn’t that a roman salute /s
anschluss!
Lotsa Romans in there eh?
Nothing suspicious. A weird hand gesture here – a weird hand gesture there.
I don’t think Canada or Greenland will be doing this.
And Mexico was the only country to formally complain
It’s all fun and games until it’s not
Trump thinks people in Canada are going to accept him just like this…
1938, Allies thought that by appeasing Germany in occupying other countries they would have achieved a lasting and durable peace… A single wrong choice that resulted few years later on the death of millions of people between both parties… what a fool and disaster decision they have made. 2025, Allies are facing the same issue of 1938… Did they learnt something from history? 🤔