Austria-Hungary

Northern Italy was a French possession, bordering the Tyrol. I'm not sure about Dalmatia, now part of Croatia. (Certainly Marshal Soult was Duc de Dalmatie) Bavaria, southern Germany was a French Ally, as was Saxony. The Grand Duchy of Warsaw (Poland effectively) was also a French sattelite state. I think the straight answer is just the frontier of Italy/Tyrol is the only actual connection.

because they had beaten them in the world war 1 Because Austro-hungary had beaten Serbia in world war 1 This is because ever since the independence of Serbia, Sebia had became aggressive and she always want to expand into the the Balkans. Austria (Austro-hungary) on the other hands, also wanted to expand into the Balkans for compensation since she was declining after the defeat of the Austro-Prussian War. There was a clash of interest between Austria and Serbia as they both aim at expanding into Balkans. Serbia particularly wanted to expand into Bosina-herzegovina as she wanted to gain access to the Agerian Sea and breakthrough the land-locked situation. However, Austria had annexed Bosina-herzegonvina. This antagonized Serbia and she prepared to fight. However, without the support of Russia, Serbia could do nothing but to backdown. Hence, Serbia was very angry with Austria and always wanted to take revenge. Serbia hence supported the anti-Austria revolution movement in Bosina-Herzegonia. And this led to the assassination and finally triggered off World War I.

Austria Hungary was made up of many ethnic groups , eg , Slavs , Czech's , Germans , Hungarians , Latvians , Polish etc. Many thought the First World War would expose the weaknesses of their army because they would not form alliances with each other. They were however not like that.

Like Russia, food shortages led to starvation , low morale and eventually mutiny and riots. The war effort was similiary affected but by strikes. The railway system couldn't transport and keep up with the demands of an industrial war. The Austrians started to blame the Germans for using them to die on the battlefield , whilst the Germans thought the Austrians useless. As the war went on and winning seemed now impossible the Czech's , Polish and Crotians declared themselves independent and the Hapburg empire was crumbling.

Rulers do not generally survive defeat and in Novewmber 1918 the monarchy was abolished. The Social Democrats and Christian Social Parties formed a coalition government , to help keep out communism. Under the Versailles Settlement , in September 1919 Austria was denied the chance to unite with Germany and became a smaller ,mostly rural country ,with a loss of much of her industry,especially coal.

The Czechs and the Hungarians

Because typically this region was home to large population of Serbs. I'm sure that America would be outraged if Canada annexed Alaska.

They were part of the alliance known as the Central Powers. When Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by the Black Hand Gang, who worked for Serbia, Ferdinand's uncle, Emperor of Austria, declared war on Serbia along with Germany and several other countries. This was what started the first World War.

It didn't. Austria-Hungary was a huge powerful empire. Serbia was weak and tiny. The one advantage Serbia had was its ally, Russia, but Austria-Hungary had Germany to back it up, which nullified that possible advantage.

The two largest groups controlled by the Austrian Empire were the Germans and the Hungarians. The Germans were primarily concentrated in the northern and western regions, while the Hungarians dominated the central part of the empire. These two groups played significant roles in the political and cultural life of the empire, often leading to tensions and demands for autonomy. The empire was characterized by its diverse ethnic composition, which included many other groups as well.

Allied by Germany & Turkey: Fought against by Russia & on the Italian/ Balkan fronts. The Brusilov offensive was devastating, though not sustained, by Russia.

In the final weeks of WW1 Austria-Hungary disintegrated altogether. This is what happened to its territory: *The new state of Czechoslovakia (corresonding rough to the present Czech and Slovak republics) was created from its territory. *Part went to the revived nation of Poland. *Substantial parts went to Serbia to create the them new country of Yugoslavia, which in turn has disintegrated in the last 10-15 years. *Romania almost doubled in size at the expense of Austria-Hungary. *Italy gained a few relatively small areas. *The link between Austria and Hungary was broken. Union between Austria and Germany (including even a customs union) was forbidden. Joncey

After the Austro-Hungary monarchy declared war on Serbia, France and Russia who were protecting Serbia declared war on Austria-Hungary. and then Germany declared war on Russia and France, then UK declared war on Germany...

Austrian and Hungarian

just over 1 million was the official estimate but yes i would agree that obviously many more or less were dead because they went missing in action.

About 48 million.

a single ruler

A Serbian terrorist group assassinated Austria-Hungary's Archduke Francis Ferdinad and his family. Bosnia(where Ferdinand was) was full of Serbs and other Slavs. They veiwed Austrians as foreign opressors. Gavrilo Princip shot the archduke. (he was part of the terrorist group the Black Hand)

Because Austria occupied Lombardy and Venice and they had a lot of influence over other Italian states. The unification of Italy deminished that influence.

From 1882-1914 the three countries made up the Triple Alliance, but Italy's membership was virtually meaningless.

It's not so much that they were "carved out" of Austria-Hungary- these countries simply broke away as World War I was ending and the Austrian government was unable to stop them. Here's the list:

1. Hungary

2. Czechoslovakia (which is now split into Slovakia and Czech Republic).

3. Kingdom of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, which then became Yugoslavia (this has since split into Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Kosovo*, and Croatia).

Parts of Austria-Hungary were taken by other countries, such as a chunk that was taken by Romania, another taken by Ukraine (which then became part of the Soviet Union), and part taken by Italy. The remaining part, called "German Austria", become the Republic of Austria, which it still is to this day.

The * by Kosovo is because many countries do not recognize Kosovo as a country, in particular, Serbia, Russia and other countries that are their friends. Kosovo was a part of Serbia until it declared independence a few years ago.

I had a map assignment regarding European countries and their capitals in 1914. Here's what I dug up (in no particular order):

The Netherlands- Amsterdam

Greece- Athens

Serbia- Belgrade

Germany- Berlin

Switzerland- Bern

Belgium- Brussels

Austria-Hungary- Vienna and Budapest.

Romania - Bucharest

Denmark- Copenhagen

Finland - Helsinki

Ottoman Empire - Istanbul

Portugal - Lisbon

United Kingdom - London

Luxembourg - Luxembourg

Spain- Madrid

Russian Empire - St. Petersburg

Norway - Oslo

France - Paris

Montenegro - Podgorica

Bulgaria - Sofia

Sweden - Stockholm

Albania- Tirana

Italy - Rome

Well there were many for both.

Push- Wars such as WWI and WWII, people also wanted to escape religious persecution especially Austrian Jews. Sparse farmland was also a main factor in pushing farmers out of Austria.

Pull- Countries such as the US offered rich farmland, freedom of religion and many jobs especially during the immigration waves of 1910s to the 1930s.

Franz Josef reigned from 1848-1916, when Karl succeeded to the tottering throne of the crumbling empire.

Serbia wanted to gain nothing from ww1. They were just protecting their home land. No matter what English history says, Serbia never started any wars as my great grandfather was killed by a concentration camp in the 1st ww.

The jacket of this uniform came in two variants: first standard version in wool with a standing collar, and then a linen version, intended for summer use, and with a stand-and-fall collar. The wool version was worn in the summer as well. Both variants had breast and hip pockets with scalloped flaps. The trousers came in several patterns, with Hungarian units having trousers with a special lace trim. Non-riding troops wore straight, loose trousers gathered at the ankle by gaiters. Mountain troops and Landwehr wore knee breeches with long stockings. Foot artillery were equipped with pantaloons, big in the thigh but tight below the knee. Mounted units had breeches.