According to legends, in 1914 there was significant war enthusiasm in the Monarchy. The young men enthusiastically shook their fists: then we will show Serbia and half the world what [ … ]

I wish blessed holidays to my readers! Customs differ in every country. In Hungary boys used to “water” girls and get sweets or decorated eggs in return. In the countryside [ … ]

Italy’s “betrayal” deeply outraged the inhabitants of the Monarchy. The former ally has switched to the enemy. This was already the main crime in the history of the boys from [ … ]

For some of the badges on the website, I also referred to the name of the manufacturing company. Most often, the marks of Arkanzas from Budapest, Gurschner and Brüder Schneider [ … ]

The German word means “fit for service”. In many Hungarian movies, it could be heard in scenes where the Monarchy’s war machine “digested” Hungarian youth with a language foreign to [ … ]

Cavalry was associated with great prestige in the Monarchy, but also worldwide. For a long time, especially heavy cavalry played an important role in wars. This role began to fade [ … ]

I wish the readers of the site lots of success and happiness for the coming new year!

I wish blessed holidays for all readers of the site!

Along with airplanes and tanks, submarines were important military innovations of the Great War. Because of their novelty and the high hopes attached to them, they proved to be a [ … ]

A series of badges from the Arkansas company included humorous badges. On these badges the Austro-Hungarian bucks used to teach the enemy’s soldiers a lesson. Besides the Serbian, Russian and [ … ]