1871 Standard (London) 10 Jan. 6/5 The truly chaotic state of public affairs in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy was recently dwelt upon in a semi-official article in the Vienna Abendpost... the organs of the Czechs and the Slovenians are strongly opposed to such intimate relations (Anschluss), in lieu of which they warmly recommend the most friendly relations with Russia.

1921 Times 18 Apr. 14/3 The Governor declared the Tirolese would fight for the Anschluss as one man.

1924 Ann. Reg. 1923 192 This..could be explained by the decline of interest in the Anschluss idea, due to the calamitous condition of Germany.

1939 J. N. L. Baker Atlas of War 5/1 The Anschluss with Austria, proposed periodically since 1917 and forbidden by the treaty, was accomplished by force in March 1938.

1955 Times 9 May 11/2 They [sc. the western Powers] recognize that a united Germany must not use an anschluss to extend her power into the Balkans and eastern Europe.

1958 Economist 18 Oct. 219/1 Ability to opt to join the Commonwealth might give certain states a valuable policy counter, when other forms of Anschluss seem to be in the offing.

1995 N.Y. Times Mag. 17 Dec. 95/2 The alternative he [sc. Richard Holbrooke] concedes, is as possible as it is bleak: ‘A country that divides despite our best efforts—partition and Serbian anschluss.’

2010 Jewish Chron. 8 Oct. 33/1 Vivian's family had escaped from Vienna to the States at the time of the Anschluss in 1938.

1938 Chillicothe (Missouri) Constitution-Tribune 2 Apr. 3/7 When Hitler anschlussed Austria, he liquidated one of Mr. Whalen's most interesting customers.

1954 Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 38 424/2 Meanwhile the CLC disclaims any intention of anschlussing the entire FL program of the northwest.

2004 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 6 Sept. 42 The Western Daily..with it's front-page story about Nazi racoons, bred by Goebbels during the war (no, honestly it's true) and now so numerous they're hell bent on anschlussing us.