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Austro-Hungarian Land Forces 1848-1918 By Glenn Jewison & Jörg C. Steiner |
The aim of this site is to document the organisational history
of the land forces of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy from just prior to the
outbreak of the Great War until the collapse of the monarchy in 1918. The
subject is complex and large. Very little is available in the English language
and what is available tends to be of the allied forces intelligence type
information and books derived from those sources. These were of necessity
produced during wartime in difficult conditions and are not to be considered as
fully reliable or accurate. In compiling the tables of units on this site we have
therefore consulted the original "Schematismus" (army lists) and
the official Austrian history of the Great War - "Österreich-Ungarns
letzter Krieg". These are not only primary sources but also have the
advantage of also providing accurate German language terminology and spelling.
As previously stated, the subject is huge and therefore the site will be a
continually evolving project. We intend to produce as time goes on not only the
organisation of the land forces, but also biographies of senior commanders,
individual regimental histories and details of particular engagements and
battles in the not too well documented Italian, Galician, Carpathian, Rumanian
and Serbian theatres
of operations. The primary motive for producing a site of this type was to
document the largely unknown subject of the Austro-Hungarian forces and to
provide a mirror to Mick O'Shea's Pocket
German Army site. In this way we can hopefully provide information on both
of the major players which made up the central powers in the Great War. We have
additionally decided to also expand the scope of the site to encompass
the period from 1848 up to the collapse of the Monarchy and the
post-war Bundesheer. We welcome comments and suggestions and can be reached via
email.
Finally a word of thanks to Klemen Lužar for his fine contributions on
the Isonzo front, to Christian Frech for his expertise on organisational
and MMThO themes, to Enzo Calabresi for providing photographs from his
superb collection and to Christian Ortner for his excellent knowledge on
the Austro-Hungarian Assault Troops and their insignia.
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