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The "double" civil ensign, as a symbol of "corporate identity", was also used as the consular flag, as decreed on 18 February 1869. It came into use on 1 August 1869. Legations, however, flew the black-and-gold flag of Austria alongside the red-white-green flag of Hungary, while embassies flew the two national flags alongside the imperial ...
Although the Kingdom of Hungary comprised only 42% of the population of Austria–Hungary, [76] the thin majority – more than 3.8 million soldiers – of the Austro-Hungarian armed forces were conscripted from the Kingdom of Hungary during the First World War. Roughly 600,000 soldiers were killed in action, and 700,000 soldiers were wounded ...
Merchant Ensign of Austria-Hungary: 1934–1938 State Flag of the Federal State of Austria: This is the state flag of Austria adopted in 1934 and used until Austria was incorporated into Germany from 1938 to 1945. This flag was used during the regime of the Fatherland Front's one-party state. 1938–1945 Flag of the German Reich/Greater German ...
[14]: 39 The Russian government promised Germany that its general mobilization did not mean preparation for war with Germany but was a reaction to the tensions between Austria-Hungary and Serbia. [ 14 ] : 39 The German government regarded the Russian promise of no war with Germany to be nonsense in light of its general mobilization, and Germany ...
Although the Kingdom of Hungary comprised only 42% of the population of Austria–Hungary, [50] the thin majority – more than 3.8 million soldiers – of the Austro-Hungarian armed forces were conscripted from the Kingdom of Hungary during the First World War. Roughly 600,000 soldiers were killed in action, and 700,000 soldiers were wounded ...
Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary A horizontal tricolor of red, white and green with the crowned small coat of arms in the center. 1:2 2:3 1849 – 28 July 1867 Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary as part of the Austrian Empire A horizontal bicolor of black and yellow. 2:3 28 July 1867 – 1869 Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary
Austrian Prime Minister Stürgkh warned Tisza that if Austria did not launch a war, its "policy of hesitation and weakness" would cause Germany to abandon Austria-Hungary as an ally. [27] All present, except Tisza, finally agreed that Austria-Hungary should present an ultimatum designed to be rejected. [ 30 ]
In 1914, Austria-Hungary was one of the great powers of Europe, with an area of 676,443 km 2 and a population of 52 million, of which Hungary had 325,400 km 2 with population of 21 million. By 1913, the combined length of the railway tracks of the Austrian Empire and Kingdom of Hungary reached 43,280 kilometres (26,890 miles).