As the war progressed, air force also underwent great development. Compared to previous years, single-seater fighters, designed by 1916 to combat enemy aircraft, also appeared in greater numbers in the [ … ]
Month: May 2021
“Colonel Danny Papp, the hero of Bukovina”
The title is not a joke, but an excerpt from a contemporary war propaganda book. Danny Papp was the commander of a famous infantry unit of the Monarchy, the Papp [ … ]
Badge for skilful drivers
A new post about an excellent badge by Gábor Széplaki: Already in an earlier post (here) brief mention was made about the formation of the car driver units of the [ … ]
Defense of Kirlibaba
Kirlibaba and Dorna Vatra are wonderfully situated resorts in the Eastern Carpathians. Dorna Vatra began to develop as a spa resort during the Monarchy on the border of Bukovina and [ … ]
Prislop railway
In the winter of 1914, the Russian attack reached the line of the Carpathians. Most of Bukovina and Galicia fell. The supply of Austro-Hungarian units displaced from Bukovina has become [ … ]
Lemberg 3.
This is not the first time Lemberg has been mentioned on this site. It is no coincidence then it was the number one logistics center on the most important battlefield. [ … ]
General Árpád Tamásy
He was born in 1861 in Kőhalom, near Brassó. After graduating from the Vienna Military Academy of Staff, he worked primarily in military administration, and from 1902 he was the [ … ]
40th heavy howitzer battery
The development of artillery took place continuously throughout the Great War. The artillery units, the number of cannons used, the firepower were constantly increasing. Accordingly, the organization of the artillery [ … ]
Rekonvaleszentenhaus in the Shuttleworth Street
I recently received a very nice Kappenabzeichen with the caption on the title. I definitely wanted to know what kind of institution operated on such a strange street with English [ … ]
IR 23
The 23rd was a mixed nationality regiment recruited from the central part of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its recruiting area was the north-western part of Bács-Bodrog county. The headquarters of [ … ]