Winter warfare continued this month. Exhausted troops carried out smaller actions. No major operations took place on the fronts of the Monarchy. Among the enterprises, the attack on the Magyaros [ … ]
Category: War diary
February 1917 on the Carst
The fourth year of the war welcomed troops who had already suffered a lot, and hinterlands that had reached the limit of their ability to perform, all over Europe. This [ … ]
January 1917 in Volhynia
There is a very curious badge that shows a German and a A-H infantryman. In their hands, as in the case of the saints, are weapons as a sign of [ … ]
December 1916
In February 1915, Turkey launched an unsuccessful attack on the British-controlled Suez Canal. The attack was repeated in July 1916. An Austro-Hungarian artillery unit, the von Marno Artillery Division, also [ … ]
November 1916
The Act of 5th November was a declaration of the German and Austrian emperors to create the Kingdom of Poland. Poles regard this date as the day of rebirth of [ … ]
October 1916: counterattack on Romania
In the summer of 1916, after a long hesitation, Romania saw the moment to enter the Great War. The Germans were pressed by the British at the Somme, and the [ … ]
September 1916 death of Capt. Pour
Encouraged by the partial success of the 6th Battle of the Isonzo, the Italian command initiated another offensive operation in the lower reaches of the Isonzo in September. The attack [ … ]
August 1916 Stochod river
The great Russian offensive of June 1916 crushed the Austro-Hungarian 4th and 7th armies. In many places, even the strongest regiments were simply swept away by the multiple superiority. The [ … ]
July 1916 the story of private Rácz
In January 1916, the 40th “Fokos” division, including the 30th infantry regiment, suffered huge losses in the battles around Toporoutz in Bukovina. The regiment then had to be reorganized and [ … ]
June 1916
The graphics on the postcard of this post have excited me for many, many years. We see in this a strong representation of the horrors of war that makes it [ … ]