Annexing Austrian trade to the share already going to Germany, raised Hungary’s import-dependence on Germany from 26 to 44 per cent. Germany’s share of Yugoslavia’s imports rose from 32 to 43 per cent.11 Over the months that followed, Germany was able to use its enhanced leverage to conclude new trade treaties with both Hungary and Poland.12 For Czechoslovakia on the other hand, the Anschluss came as a devastating blow. The deployment of German troops into the eastern provinces of Austria meant that Bohemia was now encircled on three sides.
