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The Austro-Hungarian High Command, then at Teschen, decided to use the success in Serbia to knock Montenegro out of the war. The Montenegrin Army that had fought alongside their Serbian allies, had now withdrawn into their own territory, but were still resisting against the Central Powers .
Montenegro lost 20,000 soldiers in the war, which was 40% of all mobilized soldiers and 10% of the total population. [5] Other figures even speak of 39,000 dead and a 16% total losses, making Montenegro the most severely affected participant in the war.
The Kingdom of Montenegro (Serbian: Краљевина Црна Горa, romanized: Kraljevina Crna Gora) was a monarchy in southeastern Europe, present-day Montenegro, during the tumultuous period of time on the Balkan Peninsula leading up to and during World War I.
The Austro-Hungarian army wasn't very prepared, equipped or trained compared to both Serbia and Montenegro, both of which fought in the Balkan wars in previous years. Austria-Hungary had a massive population being 100 times more. But the Serbian population of Montenegro supported the Serbian war effort and pressured Montenegro to enter the war.
There is considerable disagreement about the actual conduct of the battle, [4] but the Montenegrins forced a numerically superior foe to retreat. The battle was intended to give the Royal Serbian Army enough time reach the Albanian mountains in their retreat to Corfu, but in fact, most of the Serbian troops had already crossed the mountains and reached the coast and were battling their way ...
The following is a complete list of wars fought by Montenegro since the 1800s. The list gives the name, the date, combatants, and the result of these conflicts according to the legend below. The list gives the name, the date, combatants, and the result of these conflicts according to the legend below.
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Occupation of Montenegro may refer to: Austro-Hungarian occupation of Montenegro (1916-1918) during World War I;