In military aviation, the most successful fighter pilots since the Great War have been called “aces”. It is customary to list here all air soldiers who have achieved at least [ … ]
Category: Battles
Mt San Gabriele
In September 1917, the 20th Army Division was commanded from the more peaceful front of Volhinia again to the Italian front, even to the most difficult positions there. This job [ … ]
Dniester front and the XI. corps
Following the Gorlice breakthrough, the Allies sought primarily to repress the northern and central parts of the Russian front. In the south, near the Romanian border, the Russians were also [ … ]
The Danube Flotilla and SMS Temes at the Serbian border
The Monarchy built a fleet of monitor-type ships in the years before the Great War. One of these ships was SMS Temes, built in 1904. Its two turrets were located [ … ]
Col di Lana: the mountain of blood and iron 1.
This post has been written by a good friend Mátyás Boda, thank you Mátyás! After long hesitation the Italians finally withdrew from the Triple Alliance in the spring of 1915, [ … ]
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 [ … ]
Fajti Hrib
In the 6th Battle of Isonzo, the Italian attack pushed the defenses of the Monarchy back 20 kilometers. From the western edge of the Karst Plateau, one had to retreat [ … ]
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 [ … ]
Manilowa
The name Manilowa has become a concept. The 85th Infantry Regiment was called the Manilowa Regiment, and it is mentioned in many recollections, and the regiment’s newspaper had the same [ … ]