Austria-Hungary

The Russian decision to meddle in the dispute between Austria-Hungary and Serbia. Russia had no alliance, nor any treaty with Serbia that required Russia to take Serbia's part in the quarrel, particularly since the Serbian intelligence service had, in fact, sponsored the Black Hand, the terrorist group of Serbian nationalists who murdered the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, along with his wife. But despite the fact that the murderous Serbs were in the wrong, Russia thought of herself as the "mother of the Slavs", and therefore the Czar felt he had to take Serbia's part. This turned out to be a horrible decision for Russia, leading to the deaths of millions of Russian soldiers, followed by revolutions which ended the Romanov dynasty in Russia after several centuries, the murder of the Czar, his wife, and all their children, and seventy years of bleak, repressive communist rule for the rest of the Russians.

Germany and Austria-Hungary were allies, natural ones, with German speaking populations, as well as being neighbors. But Austria-Hunagry would have needed no German help with Serbia, as Austria-Hungary outnumbered Serbia fifty to one. The Russian decision to intervene made it a different matter entirely. Russia and France were allies, an alliance sought by France after France picked a fight with Germany when Germany was a new, just united nation, started a war, and lost in most humiliating fashion this Franco-Prussian War of 1870. Once Russia and France announced their alliance, Germany had to plan for a two front war, in the east and the west, with France in the west and Russia in the east. War with either France or Russia would mean war with both for Germany. The plan for this contingency, labored over by a generation of German staff officers, was to beat France quickly, just like they did in 1870, before Russia could get its massive army mobilized and into the field. To beat France quickly Germany would go around the French forts along the Franco-German border, and invade France by going through Belgium, and that would bring Britain into the war, with all her peoples of the British Empire.

Had Russia minded her own business in the summer of 1914, none of this would have happened, and Austria-Hungary would have administered a richly deserved drubbing to Serbia which would hardly be remembered today.

the pre war austro Hungarian army was 415,000 menwith the start of world war one the austro Hungarian army expandedto a mighty force of 3,350,000 and around 60,000 officersand even though the austro Hungarian army suffered a major disasteron the easetren and serbian fronts the austro Hungarian army provedto be very resilent and came back to win some big victories likethe battle of limanowa limpanov dec 1914 and even though there was German aid in the battle of gorlice in 1915 the overall command was under conard von hotzendorf and dispite what some historianssay conrad was a better commander than they give him credit forand as British historian cyrill falls said most of germanys successeson the eastern front were based on conrads theories and tacticsi hope this helpsRichard

I believe that they used something called the Schilefin Plan of some sorts or other that a German general had made. He named the plan after himself. Anyway the plan was for Austria to send men to hold off Russia with some Germans while the main German armies held off the French and British in the western front. More men had to be sent off to the eastern front because the plan didn't quite work in the end. It was well thought out though, and part of it worked. Anyway, Austria also had to beat the Serbs. The Serbs weren't very big but they did alright. They had weapon support from the French and the Russians were their allies. One of Austria's old allies (Italy) then declared war on Austria, not Germany but later it did declare on them too. The Austrians pushed well at the beginning with a crushing defeat (with only peasant reserves who were not well equipped as all the main Austrian armies were in Russia) at the beginning but then the Italians hit back and struck Austria hard in 1917/18. This led to the Austro-Hungarian empire falling and Austria broke away from Hungary and I think a few minor states did too. But there was also another army to face before they were destroyed. The Romanians declared in 1916, not long after the Italians declared and they too were old allies. But the Romanians were greedy and they headed straight for Transylvania. There they were crushed by a mixture of Germans, Austro-Hungarians and men from the Ottoman empire (Turkey and surounding places I believe). The Romanians were crushed within 4 months. But they still had 1/3rd of Romania but Bucherest (capital of Romania) was taken. They helped the Russians till the Russian revoloution. The Austrian navy wasn't great but it did improve quite a bit during the war. Though the Germans had to do most of the fighitng with ships, Austria didn't do much or anything in Africa and I don't think it did much on the western front either. Austria had made one of the finest pieces of Artillery during the war. Although they only made 20 of them they were brilliant. They were the m11 Howtwitzers. They were incredibly deadly. They could hit men within 400 yards and go through brick walls as far as 100 yards away. They were also incredibly accurate. They made their fortresses stronger by testing this things on them. This way they could find out what could withstand the best artillery in the world at that time. They also had (like germany) a good academy for officers. Their army wasn't massive but it was still pretty big.

Actually, the two countries you mentioned had a geographical disadvantage. They were wedged between their enemies France, Russia and Italy as well as the North Sea and the Mediterranean. That made it difficult to get supplies from colonies and forced them to fight a two-front war.

The many diff. nationalities in the empire.

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Nationalism caused many Serbs living in Austria-Hungary to demand their independence.

i honestly do not know. But in our world, people are always figthing and getting into wars. If you don't like my answer because it tells you nothing,because it does, I would specify your question...During WWI, WWII, cummulative basis...? please specify. That may help other, smarter people to answer this question better.

triple alliance

Germany have an alliance pact with Austria-Hungary

Italy annexed the Südtirol (South Tyrol) from Austria immediately prior to the end of the war - they signed a cease fire and Italy violated it.

Poland, when it was formed, gained several territories, primarily Cracow.

Romania also gained parts of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, including Transylvania.

The Soviet Union, or at the time Russia, gained Galicia, today part of the Ukraine.

Czechoslovakia (today the Czech Republic and Slovakia), Hungary, and large portions of Yugoslavia.

And of course Austria.

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Galicia (the area round Lvov, aka Lemberg) went to Poland. The Soviet Union gained nothing from the Paris Peace Settlement. It was even recognized by any of the participants at the conferences.

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Apologies. Territory in the Eastern Austrian Empire went to Slovakia, and that territory was later annexed to the USSR.

Austria-Hungary didn't join the war, they were basically the ones who started it as well as Serbia. On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to throne of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire and his wife are assassinated in Sarajevo, Serbia by a secret Serbian organization called the "Black Hand". 7 assassins were sent out to do the job. Austria-Hungary immediately calls war against Serbia, who has an alliance with Russia etc.

the central powers

Kaiser was 'using' Austria from the start but eventually had to abandoned that plan when it had too many enemies

Austria and Prussia were not really that different. Both were Empires led by German speaking peoples who controlled lands both with German and Non-German populations, both were led by Enlightened Despots, and both had designs on creating a united German polity (i.e. Germany).

One of the main differences between the states, however, was that Prussia was primarily Protestant (mostly Lutherans, but some Calvinists) with a Catholic minority. Conversely, Austria was primarily Catholic, with a much smaller Protestant minority.

During World War 1 the central powers consisted of Germany the Ottoman Empire Austria Hungary and Bulgaria.

• Austria-Hungary broke apart before the war ended. Hungary, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia broke away, leaving "German-Austria" on its own, and this soon became Austria. Austria signed the Treaty of Saint Germain and Hungary signed the Treaty of Trianon, which confirmed the results of this breakup.
• The Treaty of Versailles, which ended Germany's part of the war, took away Germany's overseas colonies (mostly giving them to the Allies). The treaty also took some European territory away from Germany, giving it to her neighbors, notably the newly recreated country of Poland.
• The Ottoman Empire suffered a fate somewhat similar to Austria-Hungary. As the war was ending, much of the Middle East broke away from the Empire, most subsequently falling into British or French control- many of these were given independence soon thereafter, such as Saudi Arabia and Iraq, which were made into kingdoms ruled by Arab leaders who had sided with Britain. There was also a brief war between the Turks and the Allies, which Turkey actually won- but the Ottoman Empire ended, to be replaced by the current Republic of Turkey.

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During World War I, the Austro-Hungarian Empire faced numerous problems in its attempt to wage effective war and maintain social stability. Above all, the many different ethnicities, religions, and national groups which comprised its demographics caused great trouble. Other problems were the backwardness of its military technology, the ineffectiveness and incompetence of its military officer corps, and its poor logistics system.

The nation bordering Poland and Germany that was formerly part of Austria-Hungary is the Czech Republic. The capital city is Prague.

Austrio-Hungary viewed the (New) Imperialism movement as an essential tool to stretch their sphere of influence across the world (since other Europeans nations done the same). However, it couldn't partake in this movement to to internal division caused by the ideals of nationalism. Austrio-Hungary would instead aid Germany by taking Asian Colonies such as Tsingtao. Austrio-Hungary eventually began their own imperialism in 1914 by declaring war on Serbia, but that started WW1. Austrio-Hungary picked the wrong country to expand.

I believe it was someone by the name of Gavrilo Princip, shortly after he was arrested for this crime. Then Austria-Hungary blammed Serbia for their deaths, and Austria-Hungary sent an ultimatum to Serbia. They only agreed to 2/3 terms, Serbia goes to find help, Russia helps hen Triple Entente helps serbia. Then Triple Entente and Triple Alliance were at each other, and this is how WW1 started.

Central Europe, perhaps.

im sorry i dont know all ten, but hopefully these 4 will get you started..

1. all Serbian bboks and newspapers that criticised Austria were to be banned.

2. Anti-Austrian teachers in Serbian schools were to be sacked

3.Austrian Officers ere to control the Serbian Army

4. Austrian ministers were to be placed in the Serbian Government.

Austria-Hungary demanded that the Serbian government suppress all unrestrained language on the part of the press concerning the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the glorification of the perpetrators of that and similar outrages.