Austria & Czechoslovakia
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Britain and France wanted to avoid war. The sudeten Germans appeared to want to join with Germany Reports of abuse from Checkoslovakia. Checkoslovakia was seen as a country that stole population from other countrys with Poland also claiming back land given unfairly to checkoslovakia when it was formed.
The first two countries to go into WW2 were Nazi Germany and Poland prior to the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany.
Germany's plan for fighting a two front war against France and Russia during WWI was called the Schlieffen Plan. This plan allowed Germany to invade neutral areas.
Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Denmark, Norway, France, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Serbia (Yugoslavia), Croatia, Malta, England and Russia. The last two were failed conquests. Germany also declared war on USA after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. They supported Italy's attacks heavily and had many ally-states.
The term 'Anschluss' refers to an event that occurred in 1938 when Germany annexed Austria just prior to World War II. The word 'Anschluss' means 'connection' or 'union' in German and is meant to define the act of combining the two countries.