The 43rd infantry regiment was part of the 17th division, which was commanded by Archduke Joseph as part of the VII. corps during the most difficult period of the war [ … ]
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6th fortress artillery regiment
The fortress artillery regiments of the Monarchy were originally the units providing the heavy artillery. Armies designed for mobile warfare did not need heavy artillery. The high destructive power of [ … ]
IR 1
The Emperor’s Regiment. Usually, the units marked with number 1 (infantry regiment, hussar regiment, etc.) were named after the ruler, and the ruler was the owner of the regiment. This [ … ]
LIR 6.
The 6th rifle regiment was already discussed in a post (here). The staff of the regiment belonging to the 21st division came from the Sudetenland. The command of the regiment [ … ]
IR 96
It was a line regiment of Croatian nationality, which received its crew from the vicinity of Karlovac. The IV. battalion and staff operated in this city. Before the outbreak of [ … ]
IR 38
The 38th Kecskemét infantry regiment has been mentioned several times on this page (here and here). The posts were not only about the history of the squad, but also about [ … ]
GAR 7
The mountain artillery (GAR) was assigned to the mountain divisions. Mountain cannons and howitzers were among the smaller barreled guns. The devices could be disassembled and carried on horseback or [ … ]
FJB 31
It was a Croatian battalion from Zagreb. It was deployed in two brigades of the 25th division (49th and 50th) until 1917. The division fought in the 2nd Army in [ … ]
Polish Legion (3)
Polish troops with native command language were already established in 1914 in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. All of this took place immediately after the politicians and leaders, who identified Polish self-administration [ … ]
IR 95 (2)
The 95th was a Galician regiment. Its command was located in Lemberg, and received staff from the Czortków area. It was a regiment of the 11th Corps. According to the [ … ]