Austrofascism and the Anschluss · event 6 of 6

1944–45

Bombing and the battle for Vienna. Allied raids from 1944 and a week of street fighting in April 1945 leave a fifth of the city’s buildings damaged or destroyed, including the Opera and the roof of St Stephen’s.

The Austrofascism and the Anschluss era

  1. February 1934
  2. July 1934
  3. March 1938
  4. November 1938
  5. 1938–1945
  6. 1944–45

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