Böhler-Kapfenberg heavy mortar is a simple, heavy-duty muzzle-loaded gun with a fixed base plate without a recoil system. It was adjustable in the 25-75 ° angle range with the two [ … ]
Month: March 2021
March 1915: My grandpa’s battle at Przemysl
My great-grandfather served in the 11th insurgent regiment that gave the castle guard of the Przemysl Fortress. His position was the Hurko (XIV.) Fortress. In his recollection, he recounts a [ … ]
Doberdo – Karst Plateau
The place Doberdó in the Hungarian common language denoted the Karst Plateau on the Italian front. This plateau stretches south from the town of Görz and the river Wippach to [ … ]
Viktor Dankl von Krasnik
He was born in 1854 in Udine, where his father served as a military officer. From 1869 he attended a military school in Sankt Pölten and then the Maria Theresa [ … ]
Viribus Unitis
Franz Joseph’s motto: “Through United Strength!” in the Great War, this was, above all, a force united with the Germans. German-Austro-Hungarian friendship appeared on many propaganda badges. One of the [ … ]