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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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