Anschluss

"Anschluss must happen! We are one people, one race, one opinion! Mine. We must be joined, united! They must place a Nazi in every position of power! But they drag their feet on this! Get the tanks ready to roll!"

"Mein Fuehrer! I am pleased to report that the opposition to Nazi leadership has been dropped. They have agreed to appoint Nazis to all leadership positions."

"Ach, good. That is progress! The Anschluss approaches fulfillment. Yet, they want to have a referendum to see if the rank and file approve of the great undertaking. This cannot happen! I absolutely oppose it! Such a voting exercise is susceptible to gross fraud and abuse! More importantly, we may not be able to rig it. The tanks!"

" Mein Fuehrer! The referendum is off! They willingly accept Anschluss!"

"Well, that's great, but how about getting some tanks in there, anyway? I like tanks!"

"No need, mein Fuehrer. We have already been greeted with flowers, hugs, kisses, a radical-right platform, and white supremacist policies. The Anschluss is complete! The Nazi and Republican parties are one!"

"Well, dang! That beats Austria, the Sudetenland, and Czechoslovakia, combined! Who knew it was going to be so easy?"