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There are several treaties that conclude this dispute. The Potsdam Agreement set-
tled many of the issues dealing with postwar Europe, including Koenigsberg, Poland
and, especially, Germany. This treaty created an occupied Germany. Decades later,
Germany was allowed to unify by a new treaty signed in Moscow on September 12,
- Other Axis participants were dealt with in the Paris Peace Treaties of 1947. The
Japanese surrendered to the Americans on September 2, 1945, and concluded the war
with the San Francisco Peace Treaty on September 8, 1951. When the treaty went into
effect in 1952, Japan regained system membership.
255 Germany/305 Austria
MID#11
Dispute Number: 11
Date(s): March 11, 1938 to March 12, 1938
Participants: 255 Germany/305 Austria
Outcome (and Settlement): Yield by side B (Imposed)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: For years before 1938, the Nazis had tried to pressure the Austrian gov-
ernment into joining the Third Reich. There were many supporters in Austria itself,
but it had held fast in its independence. Due to the considerable pressure, Austria’s
chancellor attempted to hold a referendum to ask the Austrian people whether they
wanted to join Greater Germany; however, a coup d’état by the Austrian Nazi Party
on March 11, 1938, just prior to the referendum, canceled the vote. After the coup,
power was quickly transferred to Germany, and Nazi troops moved into Austria to
enforce the Anschluss. There was very little reaction from the Austrian public because
the power transfer happened so quickly and support for the Nazi Party in Austria itself
was significant. The Anschluss was one of the first major steps in Hitler’s plan for
the German empire. The dispute ended the next day when the power transfer from the
Austrian Nazi Party to the German Nazis was completed.
Coding changes: Settlement changed from Negotiated.
255 Germany/310 Hungary
MID#3861
Dispute Number: 3861
Date(s): April 10, 1940 to May 14, 1940
Participants: 255 Germany/310 Hungary
Outcome (and Settlement): Yield by side B (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: On April 10, 1940, Germany delivered a note to Hungary demanding
control of the Danube, all shipping on the river, and shore policing. This included
all armed motorboats, exclusive policing rights, and tankers be put under German
control. Germany then demanded that Hungary allow German troops to pass through
Hungary on May 8. German troops, and those of invaded nations, were said to be