Habsburg or Hitler
Confrontation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Czechoslovak Republic with the possibility of the restoration of the Hapsburgs in Vienna
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Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Czechoslovak Republic, Hapsburgs, restoration, Hitler, AnschlussAbstract
The author analyzes the confrontation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Czechoslovak Republic with the possibility of the restoration of the Hapsburgs in Vienna in the 1930s. The article focuses particularly on the divergent positions in international politics in which both countries found themselves. This position conditioned different views in terms of both the alliances and political questions in the Danubian area, as well as the question of the future of Austria. The author arrives at the conclusion that the problem of Austria did put the Czechoslovak-Yugoslavian alliance to the test; however, he simultaneously emphasizes that the two countries remained unanimous on one point: the question of the restoration of the Hapsburgs. Both of them found unacceptable the scenario in which Otto would ascend the throne in Vienna.
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