Hitler was a fierce nationalist, and saw it as a matter of pride to unite all Germans under one country, one flag, and one leader. He regarded the Austrians as part of the German nation, but the Treaty of Versailles forbade the two countries to unite.
Mein Kampf
"Today it seems to me providential that fate should have chosen Braunau am Inn as my birthplace. For this little town lies on the boundary between two German states which we of the younger generation at least have made it our lifework to reunite by every means at our disposal ... This city on the border seems to me a symbol of a great mission."
From Mein Kampf by Hitler taken from The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. A History of Nazi Germany by Shirer WL. Bison Books Corp, 1987
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The Sudetenland: this part of Czechoslovakia had a mainly German-speaking population.
East Prussia: this part of Germany was cut off from the rest of Germany when the Polish Corridor was created by the Treaty of Versailles.
Northern-Schleswig, Eupen, Malmedy, Alsace-Lorraine, West Prussia, Posen and Silesia were other German territories that had been given to enemy countries by the Treaty of Versailles.
Memel and the port city of Danzig had been ceded to the League of Nations.
The Polish Corridor was created so as to give the newly formed Poland access to the sea, which was vital for trading purposes.
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