A British cartoon of 1938 shows Germany crushing Austria. Next in line is Czechoslovakia. At the back, Britain says to France: 'Why should we take a stand about someone pushing someone else when it's all so far away'.
A streetcar decorated with swastikas passes billboards displaying Hitler's face. The billboards urge Austrians to vote "Ja" (Yes) in the upcoming plebiscite on the German annexation of Austria. Vienna, Austria, April 1938.
We know that it's the big threes point of view because the alliance between soviets and nazis was really superficial, and it was known that it wouldn't last long. Nazis hated communism and one aim Hitler had was to eliminate communists. Soviets also knew this.
I'm sharing a presentation a group of students prepared a couple of years ago for an overall intro to the topic specially thought of for the Senior 2 students joining the project who still have not studied the topic.