The Austro-Hungarian Army and the First World War / Graydon A. Tunstall, University of South Florida.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tunstall, Graydon A. (Graydon Allen), author.

Series:

Armies of the Great War.

Armies of the Great War

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Heer--History--World War, 1914-1918.

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy.

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Heer--Operational readiness.

World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Eastern Front.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918--Austria.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 466 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

This is a definitive account of the Austro-Hungarian Royal and Imperial Army during the First World War. Graydon A. Tunstall shows how Austria-Hungary entered the war woefully unprepared for the ordeal it would endure. When the war commenced, the Habsburg Army proved grossly under strengthen relative to trained officers and manpower, possessing obsolete weapons and equipment, and with the vast majority of its troops proved inadequately trained for modern warfare. Well over one million Habsburg troops mobilized creating an enormous logistical challenge of forging an army from the diverse cultures, languages, economic and educational backgrounds of the Empire's peoples. Graydon A. Tunstall shows how the army suffered from poor strategic direction and outdated tactics and facing a two-front offensive against both Russia and Serbia. He charts the army's performance on the battlefields of Galicia, Serbia, Romania, the Middle East and Italy through to its ultimate collapse in 1918.

Contents:

The Austria-Hungarian Army

July 1914 crisis

Galicia, August-September, 1914

Serbian campaigns 1914

Galicia, October-December, 1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

November 1918 and results.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Nov 2021).

ISBN:

9781139043342

113904334X

OCLC:

1492980136