The Austrian Armed Forces are the combined military forces of Austria.
Headquarters of the Federal Ministry of Defence in Rossauer Kaserne, Vienna
Troops entering Klagenfurt after a manoeuvre in Carinthia (September, 1929)
Austrian Gebirgsjäger in 1930
Austrian Armed Forces celebrating their 10th anniversary in March 1930 at the Viennese Heldenplatz
The Anschluss, also known as the Anschluß Österreichs, was the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into the German Reich on 13 March 1938.
Austrian citizens gather on the Heldenplatz to hear Hitler's declaration of annexation.
Soldiers of the Austrian Federal Army in Vienna, 12 February 1934
Supporters of Schuschnigg campaigning for the independence of Austria in March 1938, shortly before the Anschluss
Seyss-Inquart and Hitler with Himmler and Heydrich to the right in Vienna, March 1938