Szanyi Miklós, Author at Sapkajelvény történetek

Machine gunners

I believe that one of the most formidable weapons of the Great War was the machine gun. Artillery destroyed more

I have already written twice on the site (here and here) about the construction, operation and battlefield application of trench

After the 40th Infantry Division was transferred from Eastern Galicia to Bukovina on June 24, 1916, this front section became

A wide variety of assault badges were produced by badge makers during the Great War. I included in an earlier

The 27th Infantry Regiment was the home regiment of the city of Graz. It was founded in 1682 during the

It is now not the first time that the 69th Infantry Regiment of Székesfehérvár appears on this site. There are

In January 1916, the 40th “Fokos” division, including the 30th infantry regiment, suffered huge losses in the battles around Toporoutz

Belgrade, a city built at the confluence of the Danube and Sava rivers, has been inhabited since prehistoric times. The

From the staff of the divisions disembarking from the horse, the command of the Monarchy converted temporary mounted detachments for

The 22cm heavy trench mortar was already shown here before. The image in this post is another nice shot that