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The 23rd was a mixed nationality regiment recruited from the central part of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its recruiting area ...

The Landwehr regiments recruited in Tyrol and Vorarlberg were named Kk. Landesschützen regiments, and from January 1917 Kaiserschützen regiments. There ...

The entry of the Monarchy into the Great War was not in accordance with preconceived notions. The speed of Russian ...

The 32nd Infantry Regiment was the home regiment of Budapest. I have written about the namesake Maria Theresa and the ...

The 18th Infantry Regiment was founded in 1682 to ward off the expected Turkish attack on Vienna. The regiment’s supplementary ...

The 10th Hunting Battalion was founded in 1814. In 1848 it played an important role in the military operations of ...

I wish nice holidays for every reader! The site has been visited now by more than 1000 readers. I would ...

The focus of this post is not on a real postcard, but on a stenciled page with a badge on ...

In 1915-16, the most serious fightings on the Italian front were for the possession of the town of Görz and ...

He was not a general of the Great War, but he was the owner of the 49th Infantry Regiment. I’ve ...