Special units
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Motorized troops
The Great War developed new forms and tools of warfare. Driving a car was still in its infancy at that ...
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Assault troops’ training
The training of the assault troops took place in several phases. The selection of people was already carried out according ...
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Morzsányi company
In the previous posts, I frequently mentioned the makers of the badges. The largest manufacturers in Vienna were Gurschner and ...
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Train troop
The train troop was a branch that dealt with the material supply of the combatant formations. All means of transport ...
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Air defense
Contemporary air defense as an artillery branch was born in the Great War. As the use of the airplane as ...
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Phone operators
From the point of view of the effective leadership of the troops, it was crucial in the Great War to ...
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Areal combat
The use of airplanes on the battlefield in the major combatant countries of the Great War developed rapidly. Over the ...
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Mountain troops’ badge
Another long-awaited post by my friend Gábor Széplaki. The plant with star-shaped inflorescences, the snow weed (Edelweiss), is mostly found ...
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Red assault troop (?)
The assault battalion of the 51st Infantry Division had one of the most attractive cap badges made. The insignia of ...