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The Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia was part of Austria-Hungary during World War I.Its territory was administratively divided between the Austrian and Hungarian parts of the empire; Međimurje and Baranja were in the Hungarian part (Transleithania), the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia was a separate entity associated with the Hungarian Kingdom, Dalmatia and Istria were in the ...
Serbia's casualties accounted for 8% of the total Allied military deaths. 58% of the regular Serbian Army (420,000 strong) perished during the conflict. [39] According to the Serb sources, the total number of casualties is placed around 1,000,000: [40] 25% of Serbia's prewar size, and an absolute majority (57%) of its overall male population. [41]
Clockwise from top left: The central street of Dubrovnik, the Stradun, in ruins during the Siege of Dubrovnik; the damaged Vukovar water tower, a symbol of the early conflict, flying the Flag of Croatia; the Vukovar Memorial Cemetery; a Serbian T-55 tank destroyed on the road to Drniš; soldiers of the Croatian Army preparing to destroy a Serb tank; A destroyed Yugoslav People's Army tank
The conference called for an immediate attack on Serbia. [17] Both the Allies and the Central Powers attempted to persuade Bulgaria to align with their respective sides. Bulgaria and Serbia had a history of conflict, having engaged in two wars in the previous three decades: the Serbo-Bulgarian War in 1885 and the Second Balkan War in 1913. By ...
The State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (Serbo-Croatian: Država Slovenaca, Hrvata i Srba / Држава Словенаца, Хрвата и Срба; Slovene: Država Slovencev, Hrvatov in Srbov) was a political entity that was constituted in October 1918, at the end of World War I, by Slovenes, Croats and Serbs residing in what were the southernmost parts of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Kingdom of Croatia Raška and Duklja. Byzantine Empire Republic of Venice Holy Roman Empire: Victory: 1091–1102 War of the Croatian Succession: Kingdom of Croatia. Allies of king Petar Snačić; Kingdom of Hungary. Allies among Croatian nobles in Slavonia; Defeat. Death of king Petar Snačić; Croatia enters into a personal union with the ...
General Oskar Potiorek, the Balkanstreitkräfte commander leading the invasion of Serbia, began with a force of 460,000 soldiers spread across 19 divisions. In opposition, Field Marshal Radomir Putnik commanded 400,000 Serbian troops, among whom were 185,000 seasoned veterans who had participated in the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913.
The Central Powers enjoyed massive superiority in numbers and equipment, especially in artillery, along the nearly 1,000-kilometre (620 mi) front. Serbia and Montenegro could hardly muster half the number of soldiers as the Central Powers. [36] Generalfeldmarschall August von Mackensen visiting an Austro-Hungarian unit during the Serbian campaign.