Was Austria part of the Axis Powers?

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Austria in WW2

In March 1938 Austria became the first country to be annexed by Germany. (In other words, it was added to Germany). In Linz and Vienna Hitler was greeted with hysterical enthusiasm that made even the Nuremberg rallies look tame. In Vienna some people celebrated by making Jews sweep the streets with tooth-brushes, while crowds looked on and jeered and laughed.

Austrians were heavily represented in the German army and in the Nazi terror apparatus. It was only after Stalingrad that it became fashionable in Austria to say that the country had been a victim of Nazi agression.

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