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The Imperial Austrian Army formed the land forces of the Austrian Empire.It arose from the remains of the Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Emperor after its dissolution and in 1867 was reformed into the Common Army of Austria-Hungary and the Imperial-Royal Landwehr after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867.
The Imperial-Royal or Imperial Austrian Army (German: Kaiserlich-königliche Armee, abbreviated k.k. Armee) was the armed force of the Habsburg monarchy under its last monarch, the Habsburg Emperor Francis II, composed of the Emperor's army.
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. It consisted of three organisations: the Common Army ( German : Gemeinsame Armee , recruited from all parts of Austria-Hungary), the Imperial-Royal Landwehr (recruited from Cisleithania ) and the ...
Common Army, the largest part of the Austro-Hungarian Army from 1867 to 1914; Imperial-Royal Landwehr (of Austria), 1867 to 1918; Imperial Army (Holy Roman Empire), the army of the Habsburg emperors; Imperial and Royal Army during the Napoleonic Wars, the reformed armed force of the Austrian Empire (1792–1815) Imperial Austrian Army (1806 ...
Despite military defeats of the Austrian army—especially the Battles of Marengo, Ulm, Austerlitz and Wagram—and consequently lost territory throughout the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (the Treaties of Campo Formio in 1797, Luneville in 1801, Pressburg in 1806, and Schönbrunn in 1809), Austria played a decisive part in the overthrow of ...
Regiments of the common army were "Imperial and Royal" - kaiserlich und königlich (k.u.k.) The Austrian Landwehr regiments were "Imperial Royal" - kaiserlich-königlich (k.k.). The Hungarian Honvéd regiments were "Royal Hungarian" - königlich ungarisch (k.u.) The Austro-Hungarian Navy was the naval force of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The Austro-Hungarian military was a direct descendant of the military forces of the Habsburg sections Holy Roman Empire from the 13th century and the successor state that was the Austrian Empire from 1804. For 200 years, Habsburg or Austrian forces had formed a main opposing military force to a repeated Ottoman campaigns in Europe, with the ...
Imperial Austrian Army may refer to: Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Emperor (1619–1745) Austrian Army during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1745–1806)