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Railway regiment

There were two main means of troop transport in the Great War. Soldiers marched on foot for a shorter distance ...
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Widows’ and orphans’ funds

Millions of soldiers lost their lives in the Great War. All those who fell had relatives who mourned them. In ...
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Refreshment Service Crew

Post by my friend Gábor Csiszér. One of the main means of transport during World War I was the railway ...
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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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FLIK 9

At the outbreak of the Great War, the already operational FLIK 9 squadron was stationed in Kraków. During the war, ...
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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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