Schuschnigg calls a referendum on independence
1938 · Event
Schuschnigg announces a snap vote on a free Austria; Hitler responds with an ultimatum, and the chancellor resigns on the 11th as German troops mass.
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- Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
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