Generals and personalities

The emperor’s birthday was celebrated by the troops also during the war years. All contemporary reports and regimental histories mention

The 56th Regiment was recruited from the Krakow area in Galicia. Its headquarters were in Wadowice. It was founded in

I have already written a detailed post about the Chief of Staff of the Monarchy’s forces here. There I have

He was born 1876 in Vienna, in a military family. He graduated from the cadet school in Vienna in 1897,

The 25th infantry regiment was organized in the central areas of the Upper Lands of Hungary, its command was in

I came across a rare badge recently. The portrait of general major von Altrosenburg with the cityscape of Lemberg in

Major Gyula Hummel is mentioned in the staff of the 2nd honvéd infantry regiment in the schematics of 1917 and

He was born in 1861 in Spalato, Dalmatia. He completed his studies in Vienna, then the military schools in St.

In the Great War, he was first commander of the 72nd Infantry Regiment, then in November he led the 38th

He was born in 1862 in Carapciu, Bukovina. He prepared for a military career since childhood, and began his career