200,000 people gathered in Heldenplatz, Vienna, to hear the Reich Chancellor proclaim the Anschluss (12th March, 1938).
"The oldest eastern province of the German people shall be, from this point on, the newest bastion of the German Reich."
Generaloberst (Colonel-General) Günther Korten (1898-1944) rose to the rank of Chief of the General Staff of the Luftwaffe by 1943. He died as a result of injuries sustained in the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler in July 1944.
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Ukrainian civilians pose for a photo with German soldiers after the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.
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Throughout history, German speakers have migrated eastwards to sparsely populated regions and settled there. Whilst this does not justify a war of aggression, it does go some way to explaining perceived claims to land in the east.
Das Deutsche Reich 1871-1918
These were the borders of Germany on the eve of World War I.