Originally Posted by tomcat

Actually I think I am getting an idea (scary thought)

Ok if Austria had invaded switzerland before she was annexed by germany even before the invasion of poland which means that no countries would be at war yet also meaning that there were next to no german forces on the border of france and germany. Now if austria didn't want to be annexed (for example) all they would have to do is start a war with someone else such as switzerland which france would probably back up sending reinforcements into munich and counter attacking austria and obviusly overwhelming the austiran forces thus taking austria. Although germany would probably ally themselves with austria and send there own reinforcements to counter the french thus starting ww2 not in france but austria, the outcome could have been different such as germany falling to france even before the planned polish invasion eliminating ww2 all together (except for the asian war).

But what would be the point of austria declaring war on another county they 'wanted' to be annexed by germeny so why would they risk this unification?