Among the Kappenabzeichen of the Great War, there are several that refer to some kind of cannon with the inscription 42 cm. A small investigation soon reveals that both the [ … ]
Month: May 2021
Frigyes Csanády
He was born 1861 in Laibach (today Ljubljana). He studied in Keszthely and then in Kremsmünster. After graduating from the military school in Vienna, he began his military career in [ … ]
May 1915
After successfully defending the great Russian attacks, the Central Powers launched a large-scale counterattack on the Russian front in May 1915. At that time, in cooperation with the German ally, [ … ]
The thousand-yard stare
As a result of the horrors and physical fatigue seen in the wars, the soldiers ’eyes become expressionless and deconcentrated. The term “thousand-yard stare” describing this was not coined during [ … ]
Landesschützen Regiment III. Innichen
The Landwehr regiments recruited in Tyrol and Vorarlberg were named Kk. Landesschützen regiments, and from January 1917 Kaiserschützen regiments. There were three of them. No. III. received its personnel [ … ]