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  • 1 - The Austro-Hungarian Army

  • Graydon A. Tunstall, University of South Florida
  • Book:
    The Austro-Hungarian Army and the First World War
    Published online:
    10 November 2021
    Print publication:
    30 September 2021, pp 24-57

  • Summary

    Chapter 1 details the multiple problems the Austro-Hungarian monarchy faced in the First World War: fiscal challenges and ethnic problems resulting from eleven different nationalities residing within the Dual Monarchy. A depiction of Conrad von Hoetzendorf and his disastrous military plans and defeats, as well as Emperor Franz Joseph, Alois Berchtold. It emphasizes the inferior training of the Habsburg Army, its obsolete weaponry and lack of consistent and adequate training. Lack of a central command, ethnic concerns and complicated reserve system.