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Soldier of the Landwehr-Regiment Nr. 6 in battle dress. The Austro-Hungarian Army, also known as the Imperial and Royal Army, [A. 1] was the principal ground force of Austria-Hungary from 1867 to 1918.
World War I began when Austria-Hungary invaded Serbia in July 1914, following the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Gavrilo Princip. Austria-Hungary was one of the Central Powers, along with the German Empire and the Ottoman Empire. Austro-Hungarian forces fought the Allies in Serbia, on the Eastern Front, in Italy, and in Romania ...
Pages in category "Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 551 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page)
At the outbreak of World War I, in 1914, Austria-Hungary had approximately 3 million soldiers and by the end of the war 7.8 million had served in uniform. The Austro-Hungarian Army was divided into two main groups. First was the main armies of both Austria and Hungary.
Nor did the uniformly white-coated soldiers of the multi-ethnic army serve the state: they served Emperor Franz Joseph, who was ‘Supreme War Lord’. ‘My army is joint [Austro-Hungarian] and unified and that is how it is to stay!’. Franz Joseph was a ‘soldier-emperor’.
The article surveys the social and military history of Austria-Hungary during the First World War. The war brought a harsh military dictatorship along with innovations in economy, labor deployment, gender conventions, and the elaboration of camps meant for specific populations (POW, refugee, deported).
The relationship between civilian and military power in Austria-Hungary during the First World War was determined by a number of factors, including the dual state structure and the controversial nationality question.
The development of Austria-Hungary’s combat doctrine started in 1914 at a typical peacetime level, ignoring more or less most of the modern experiences in Africa and Asia in the early 19th century. Even worse, the Imperial and Royal (k.u.k.) Armed Forces had to face two tactically modern armies on the eastern and Balkan fronts.
According to the terms of the military agreement between Germany and Austria-Hungary, the Austro-Hungarian army had to abandon plans to conquer Serbia and instead protect the German invasion of France against Russian intervention. The setbacks that the Austrian army suffered in 1914 and 1915 can be attributed to a large extent to the fact that ...
World War I - Austria-Hungary, Collapse, Causes: After the Austrian armies were defeated the Austria-Hungary empire collapsed. The last Hapsburg emperor, Charles I, renounced the right to participate in affairs of government, and Austria became a republic.