The Monarchy annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878. The occupation was not without conflict. The local population organized themselves into self-defense groups according to historical traditions. They confronted the advancing [ … ]
Category: Battles
St Mihiel
In 1918, the troops of the Monarchy had already defeated most of their opponents. Only on the Italian front did intense fighting take place, and in Albania did enemy troops [ … ]
36th howitzer battery in Turkey
The Monarchy tried to provide a limited amount of assistance to Turkey’s war effort. This help primarily meant the transfer of artillery batteries. The activities of the von Marno mountain [ … ]
Defence of Podgora and Oslavija in the winter of 1915
In the winter of 1915-16, the mountains on the west bank of the Isonzo (Podgora and Mt Sabotino) were still retained by the Monarchy. In the middle of the flatter [ … ]
Defense of the Dorna Vatra region
In the fall of 1916, the Russians launched offensive operations in the Eastern Carpathians to support the collapsing Romanian forces. The operations started from the Tatar Pass to the Ojtoz [ … ]
Gorlice
Perhaps the most significant victorious operation of the Monarchy was the offensive against the Russians that began on May 2, 1915. Though, it should be clarified right from the start: [ … ]
Dardanelles
I have already written briefly about the fatal attack of the British in Turkey. I brought up the topic again, mainly because there is a very nice badge that I [ … ]
Tatarka 1916-17
After the 40th Infantry Division was transferred from Eastern Galicia to Bukovina on June 24, 1916, this front section became the troop’s “home”. The “Fokos Division” was primarily responsible for [ … ]
IR 21 in the defence of Hudilog
The southern section of the Italian front stretched across the Karst plateau. The Italians fought their way here for miles and miles in successive Isonzo battles at the cost of [ … ]
Krn
It’s a strange name made up of all consonants. Of course, this congestion is not uncommon in South Slavic languages, and it is especially common in Slovenian. Trieste is also [ … ]