[dfwgator]

Hitler always felt that Austria should have been included in the new Germany, and made it clear in his book.

Apparently a lot of Austrians agreed.

[kearnyirish2]

“Apparently a lot of Austrians agreed.”

Like Germany, they had lost a lot after WWI (their monarchy, even more of their territory); the case could be made that they really did belong to a larger Germany (if that was their wish). They had at least as much in common as the Italian states that were forged together by force.