WWI From the Austro-Hungarian Perspective | Animated History

Play Supremacy 1914 for FREE on PC or Mobile:
💥 s1914.onelink.me/TX2k/ac201906
Receive an Amazing New Player Pack, only available for the next 30 days!
Sign up for Armchair History TV today! armchairhistory.tv/
Promo code: ARMCHAIRHISTORY for 50% OFF
Merchandise available at store.armchairhistory.tv/
Check out the new Armchair History TV Mobile App too!
apps.apple.com/us/app/armchai...
play.google.com/store/apps/de...
Discord: / discord
Twitter: / armchairhist
Sources:
“3 October 2004: Beatification of Five Servants of God: John Paul II.” The Vatican, n.d. www.vatican.va/content/john-pa....
Baumgartner, Lothar, and Erwin Seiche. Die Schiffe Der K.u.k. Kriegsmarine Im Bild. Wien: Stöhr, 1999.
Bischofberger, Conny. “Ist Der Adel Passé, Herr Habsburg?” Kronen Zeitung, Krone.at, 25 Feb. 2018, www.krone.at/1649757.
Dornik, Wolfram. “Conrad von Hötzendorf and the “Smoking Gun”: A Biographical Examination of Responsibility and Traditions of Violence against Civilians in the Habsburg Army”. In Contemporary Austrian Studies 23 (2014): 55-75
Horne, Charles F. Source Records of the Great War. Indianapolis , Indiana: American Legion, 1931.
“Emperor Franz Joseph.” Trenches on the Web, n.d. www.worldwar1.com/biohfrj.htm.
Engle, Jason C. “‘This Monstrous Front Will Devour Us All’:” 1914, 2014, 145-66. doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1n2txft.10.
Llewelyn, Jennifer, and Steve Thompson. “Austria-Hungary before World War I.” Alpha History, October 11, 2019. alphahistory.com/worldwar1/au....
Marchling, Charles. “The Sixtus Affair.” History Today 23, no. 11, November 1973.
Ortner, M. Christian. “Tactics, Army (Austria-Hungary).” 1914-1918 Online . Heeresgeschichtliches Museum. Accessed March 15, 2021. encyclopedia.1914-1918-online....
Reiss, R.A. and Fanny S. Copeland. Report - Upon the Atrocities Committed by the Austro-Hungarian Army During the First Invasion of Serbia. London : Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & co., ltd., 1915
Startseite Austria-Forum. “Burstyn, Gunther.” Austria, n.d. austria-forum.org/af/AEIOU/Bu....
Williamson, Samuel. “Austria and the Origins of the Great War: A Selective Historiographical Survey”. In Contemporary Austrian Studies 23 (2014): 21-33
Yokell, Matthew A. “Sold to the Highest Bidder? : An Investigation Regarding Bulgaria's Entry into World War I.” University of Richmond, July 2010. scholarship.richmond.edu/cgi/v....
Music:
Armchair Historian Theme by Zach Heyde
Into Thin Air by Fabien Tell
Waltz for Clelia by Leimoti
Vantage Point by Hampus Naese
Old Vienna by Leimoti
Puzzle of Complexity by Jo Wand
Waltz for the Wicked by Enedie

[@TheArmchairHistorian]

Play Supremacy 1914 for FREE on PC or Mobile: 💥 s1914.onelink.me/TX2k/ac201906 Receive an Amazing New Player Pack, only available for the next 30 days! Sign up for Armchair History TV today! armchairhistory.tv/ Promo code: ARMCHAIRHISTORY for 50% OFF Merchandise available at store.armchairhistory.tv/ Check out the new Armchair History TV Mobile App too! apps.apple.com/us/app/armchair-history-tv/id1514643375 play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.uscreen.armchairhistorytv Discord: discord.gg/zY5jzKp Twitter: twitter.com/ArmchairHist

[@dixiecraticus8803]

This game is pay to win

[@iiillliiill5917]

Idk what to comment

[@user-oi3jk4qo9j]

Hey can you do history of my country about siamese siamese revoultion 1932? And ww2 from siamese perpective?

[@alefantos1315]

could you please do about the greek revolutionary war??

[@user-oi3jk4qo9j]

I like your currently appearance character try to made it better more from thailand

[@honeybadgerstudios21]

“I’ve invented this thing called an armored tank, it has weapons, is impenetrable to infantry, and no other country in the world has anything like this, you will dominate the battlefield” Austro-Hungarian war dept: “We’ll take it! But you’re paying for it right????”

[@oscarf2840]

😂

[@jellyjohnson7393]

Thanks to Czechia Austria-Hungary had quite a lot of novel weapons and concepts appear, of course the thing that always limited them was always lack of industry or money.

[@reichtanglevictor1694]

@@jellyjohnson7393 and IQ

[@accountname9506]

@@sneksnekier6764 Kind of the opposite of Russian generals, who, while also very conservative, absolutely LOVED armored cars.

[@kameronjones7139]

@@sneksnekier6764 that seemed more like old stubbornness than anything. I mean that can be seen in their slow adoption of new tactics and lack of ability to think beyond of how these could shape battle. More often than not these lessons weren't learned until alot of people died

[@bacon_8330]

When your officer gives you orders in German but you’re Italian so you ask your NCO but he only speaks Hungarian and your only squad mate speaks only Romanian and most of the regiment deserted already because their Czech and the Polish is drunk talking about socialism and you hear Italian screams from the mountains. “Guess I’ll die then.”

[@DarkLizard-]

epic

[@MatthewHodges]

*multilingual screaming*

[@Tadelwackel67]

This is not correct. Officers needed to learn the 'regimental' language at least 3 years after being posted to their assignment. As some officers where moved from regiment to regiment, they needed to learn the proper language. But there was the so called 'Befehlssprache': roughly 100 German orders every soldier had to learn.

[@Tom-rs3ik]

As if the italians were a threat

[@RedTotalWar]

@@Tadelwackel67 this might be shocking but have you heard the word called joke shocking right

[@jkuhl2492]

"Undeterred by this sudden display of reason . . ." - WW1 in a nutshell

[@alengrm7488]

As a Slovenian, my great grandpa was sent to South Tyrol where his feet were crushed by rocks but thankfully he made it back and created a family

[@meisterk1058]

My Austrian great great grandfather lost his eye in the Alps

[@lachdochbitte]

Hvala ja sam iz gradac štajerska. Aurel popovici. Slovenija is just an idea by communism. Štajerska Koroška Kraijnska Istrija u pola švabo u pola slovenski. Rudolf maijster is švabo he fought agianst austrija cuz he is stupid cant understand what happend to moj narod austrija je jedna slavenski narod također

[@Awakeningspirit20]

I bet your family has seen a lot as Slovenians. Austria-Hungary to the Kingdom of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs to Yugoslavia to Nazis to Yugoslavia again but socialist to Slovenia. I'm very grateful that my great-great grandpa made it out of Italy by 1900 so he didn't have to fight your great-grandpa

[@lachdochbitte]

Aurel Popovici mia san austrija

[@jopgenau2780]

My great grandpa was also sent to South Tyrol. Later in WWII third reich sent to Greek as garrison.

[@grenadierhaast]

My great grandpa was a Czech shoemaker and was conscripted into the Austro Hungarian military. He fought at Caporetto, was wounded by shrapnel and cared for by nuns. Ended up surviving the whole battle.

[@irishbattletoster9265]

How old did he live to?

[@izukumidoriya8795]

@@irishbattletoster9265 100000000000000000000000000

[@theyredistortingyourrhythm130]

All banker wars

[@grenadierhaast]

@@irishbattletoster9265 I think he passed in 95

[@lachdochbitte]

Great i have also czech austrian blood like austro Bavarian blood

[@manicdgr]

Fun fact (actually very sad) : The last words of Archduke Franz Ferdinand were something along the lines of: " It's nothing, it's nothing". He was telling that to his wife, to calm her down.

[@LoLMasterManiac]

She died as well, didn't she? She was Slavic btw, Czech if I remember correctly

[@coleparks7593]

Actually he said “take me out”!

[@michaelbuchinger6191]

He also said: "Dont die Sophie, think of the children"

[@michaelbuchinger6191]

@@LoLMasterManiac yeah she was czech and she was also shot

[@milenko98100]

@@michaelbuchinger6191 Yeah later during the trial in Austria Princip said he was sorry for killing her he said it was an accident

[@p.b.5107]

Someone in Hungary said: "We won't be anything further by achieving victory, but we can lose everything by defeat." That's what happened.

[@BeingBOTisCareer]

I think the prime minister said that

[@p.b.5107]

@@BeingBOTisCareer Valóban.

[@helrem]

​@@p.b.5107 Valoban was his name?

[@p.b.5107]

@@helrem „Valóban” means „indeed” in Hungarian. The guy who I responded to used to have a Hungarian username, so I wrote to him in our common language. So it was the prime minister István Tisza, our only politician who opposed the war.

[@Dev-uc1sk]

a better translation would be, "we won't be gaining anything from this war, but we could lose everything"

[@danielwang2956]

Germany is that one teammate in your group project who actually does all the work

[@qqLucaqq]

Did you even watch the video

[@OniGarro]

Yeah right, the one that everything good is thanks to him and everything bad is everyone else's fault. Could this at least be the peak of it's assholeness...

[@onetruth37]

Wow, haven't heard that one before

[@joehonson4981]

Post the comment after you watch the video.

[@Deathrow_records_lable_pg3d]

Ich bin deutscher xd

[@AaA-ry2zs]

Germany: Don’t go attack here Austria-Hungary: How ‘bout I do, anyway.

[@TheSkyGuy77]

Kaiserreich: You need to go attack over here, bro. Osterreich: How about I don't? ☺ (Later...) O: pls send help, lol K: 😐

[@masterplokoon8803]

Austria-Hungary: Remember that place you told me not to atack? Germany: yeah Austria-Hungary: well somehow I failed miserably....what are you waiting for ?! Hurry Up! Send me reinforcements!

[@mirzahamzabaig5667]

@@masterplokoon8803 Germany: .... Ok I guess Ottomans and Bulgarians should be able to help on other fronts.

[@nandinhocunha440]

@@mirzahamzabaig5667 Germany "OK Serbia have fallen, what's next?" AH "Imma do a pro gamer move" loses

[@mirzahamzabaig5667]

@@nandinhocunha440 *Insert footage of failed campaigns in Italian and Russian front*

[@benediktortner2617]

My Great-Grandfather fought on the Italian front for Austria-Hungary in the war and since they were winning most of the battles, aswell as not being informed what was actually going on, he returned home thinking they had won the war

[@moseschmidt]

Habe di Ehre Mein Urgroßvater und sein Bruder ✝️ kämpften auch an der Heimatfront unter Sepp Innerkofler.

[@riograndedosulball248]

The eastern front passed half the war burning, but in the Alpine front Austria held on marvellously, it must had been the shock of his life to know that Austria had lost and the Kaiser had been forced to leave the Throne

[@williamrocchia2728]

Same here,I'm Italian and my family comes from Südtirol,my great grandfathers fought in every front the empire was involved,The Venetian Alps (mount grappa),the balkans and eastern front during the brusilov offensive

[@theblue5224]

Probably he wasn't there when Italy smashed the attempted offensive on the pieve river and advanced to trieste and trento

[@boomerix]

My Great Grandfather (Hungarian) served in the Imperial Navy as an officer on the SMS Novara.

[@Babayaga962]

My great grandfather was a doctor from Slovenia who worked as a medic during the battle of cappereto. He was one of the only medics in the whole battle and ended up breaking down and crying because of all the people begging for help that he wasn’t able to save. I can’t imagine the stress he was under, not only did he have run into the line of fire in to save people he didn’t know and knowing he couldn’t save all of them, not only did he have to choose who lived and who died, but he also knew that some of the men on the other side of no mans land had been his friends in school, who had moved to Italy to get away from Austria Hungary. He spoke many languages so he was often looked to assist with communication.

[@grandrum4889]

Random assassins: kills the heir to the Austrian Hungarian throne* The future: the heir was gonna help you now you have chosen 8 million deaths.

[@inkomar]

“Help”

[@harz632]

That's the thing, the Serbian government was anti Austrian and having a Austrian heir that would potentially make their goverment obsolete by peacefully resolving the conflict between Serbia and Austria was something they feared. That's why they supplied the terrorists, because they rather send thousands of men to their graves then to lose their power.

[@DrJones20]

Help my ass. It was Austrian takeover.

[@yaujj65]

@@harz632 Well you are correct, if Austria peacefully reform, the Black Hands fear that their irredentism will lose opportunity.

[@yaujj65]

@@DrJones20 Austria never want to take over Serbia but they willingly to do any means to make sure Serbia won't instablize AH.

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

"We learn from history that we do not learn from history" - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

[@glory4280]

Nice. could you provide the book or lecture this quote came from?

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

@@glory4280 it's from his Lectures on the Philosophy of History

[@sum41ow]

Is the quote like saying that we only learn from our history instead of actual historical events?

[@wildfire9280]

@@sum41ow it’s saying there are numerous times throughout human history where we’ve never learned from previous events

[@FormulaVase-kp3dc]

The human race is one that will never change. It has nothing to do with learning from the past.

[@rizkiramadhan9266]

I'm still shaking my head at how idiotic the Austo-Hungarian high command would be to reject such an advanced tank.

[@adeelhussain7979]

Tbh the soliders wouldn’t be able to use it

[@unoriginal_name44]

At the time the tank was not so necessary since the trench warfare had not yet developed and sorry for my english but i got this from google translator lol

[@adeelhussain7979]

@@unoriginal_name44 it’s fine man your English was good

[@pyrokinetikrlz]

hindsight is 20/20

[@RadeonX0X]

@@unoriginal_name44 An armored vehicle with an onboard armament that can shield you from bullets and artillery. I don't see why you necessarily need the trench argument to explain their usefulness.

[@karsentube13yt]

“Britain and France declared war on Germany after German troops entered Belgium.” No that’s not what happened, Germany declared war on Russia for refusing to end mobilization and France then began mobilization, and Germany sent an ultimatum that said “stop mobilization or war” and France continued mobilization and Germany declared war on France, then according to the Schlieffen plan, Germany invaded Luxembourg and sent an ultimatum which said “let me move my troops through you or I’ll invade you”, Belgium refused and Germany invaded Belgium and then Britain declared war on Germany.

[@valasarius]

And people blame the Allies for the War when Germany did to thirds of all war declarations... Yes i know There is no clear one to blame for this war, but its undeniable that most of the war declarations came from Germany.

[@karsentube13yt]

@@valasarius Serbia and Austria Hungary started the war

[@Piusthe13]

I’m glad someone actually knows history.

[@ericcccccable]

Germany is still the primary aggressor. With tens of millions of deaths on the conscience over a few decades. Fortunately, after World War II the allies imposed a strong parliamentary system on it, which no longer leaves room for a mad leader eager for conquest.

[@zhouwu]

@@ericcccccable Nice irony and foreshadowing.

[@kymr0]

My great grandpa fought for Austro-Hungary, his name was Vendel Sári. He was severely wounded in one battle, but somehow survived leaving in his body lots of bullets marks, after recovering he past the rest of the war in back line services. He always told that in the end of the war he walked far distances seeing dead bodies everywhere, almost had no space to step on the ground. After the war his life was equally hard, he had to move for a new land. May God have him in a good place.

[@scotttracy9333]

Where did he move to ?

[@waynejohanson1083]

Did he think the killing of Ferdinand was worth going to war over.

[@malcolmbutler4770]

@@scotttracy9333 is that you what to say of some one who had a grand pa for wwl

[@mrcleanthebaguette1422]

@@BigAsianMan1999 you can take a few bullets, but it really depends on where you get shot. Yes, modern medicine was not a thing, but a saw and some knives could get the bullets out.

[@charliethenecromancer4422]

@@BigAsianMan1999 You'd be surprised how many bullets and bits of shrapnel the human body can withstand before expiring. I'm going to assume he attained non-critical wounds, like bullet grazes and hits to parts of the body that were not fatal

[@awesomehpt8938]

When you’re playing on multiplayer and it’s not you that’s pulling all the weight during a game.

[@greenkoopa]

🤣🤣🤣 you must have played RE:5 with me!

[@kilimounais9936]

when ur teamate doesnt speak german

[@kilimounais9936]

@VeganCarnivore hard bro and they join the enemie side 😭

[@lamardavisakald4438]

And everyone on the voice chat screams in different languages, and your enemy is a Russian hacker

[@empireofitalypsstimfromano5025]

@@lamardavisakald4438 XD

[@lolypopNL]

Hötzendorf and Cadorna are the type of generals that make me believe it's better to have no generals at all.

[@aaatlas840]

I have to say Hötzendorf was from the "Old guard" if you know what i mean

[@primkup]

@@aaatlas840 -25% experience gain, +1 max entrenchment

[@aaatlas840]

@@primkup ah i see you are a person of culture

[@bagelsecelle9308]

@@primkup So basically just use them as defensive generals? xD

[@thunberbolttwo3953]

Dont forget Douglas Haig.

[@emeraldhunter1]

7:47 Apparently Belgrade just walked a few kilometers north into Hungarian territory. Fascinating

[@Lawrance_of_Albania]

I think he though that Petrovaradin is Belgarde

[@kosovoisserbia8937]

You couldnt walk to Belgrade From Austria Hungary this map is wrong . Belgrade was split from Austria Hungary by danybe river and Sava river . Wow yeah no way of walking there.

[@akosbarati2239]

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, John Hunyadi, probably

[@laszloandor6829]

There is a huge error at the end (November 1918): you present Hungary with the borders that were defined much later (June 1920). Therefore it is misleading and on that basis the viewer would not understand the history of the following 18 months (and perhaps the following 100 years either)

[@kosovoisserbia8937]

It also shows how Serbia is occupied in 1918 and how Yugoslavia magically appears but forgets Thessaloniki front and liberation of Serbia in 1917 . Also yugoslavia was made in 1919 not 1918

[@joefalkens9834]

@@kosovoisserbia8937 There were no fight between Serbia and A-H Empire after early 1916. That's why you can not name liberation battles against A-H Empire. Serbian troops with the help of the French army marched to military empty Serbia in 1918....

[@user-eh9op4mq4s]

@@kosovoisserbia8937 Yugoslavia came into existence in 1929, before that it was known as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (colloquially known as the Kingdom of SHS in our language)

[@akosbarati2239]

You meant to say codified because the armistice was pretty clear on how troops can move up to predetermined lines. In 2001 História did a piece on how Horthy violated the treaty by marching into the German and Ruthenian dmz.

[@Germ_f]

France and Britain in WW1: Yeah serbia, we'll protect you. *procedes to not protect Serbia* France and Britain in WW2: Yeah poland, we'll protect you. *procedes to not protect Poland*

[@Spartan_1287]

False, russia was protecting serbia, not france neither the british, and to be fair the russian did protect them and even more the serbians did stop de austrians

[@rbilleaud]

What, pray tell, would you have had Britain and France do in 1939? It was foolish for them to make promises to a country that they could not hope to help defend due to geographical issues. This wasn't the 21st century where global projection of power was a thing.

[@sgtsmith501]

@@rbilleaud The B.E.F (pending deployment) and the French army were posed to push into Germany whilst they were preoccupied with the majority of their armed forces invading Poland. Everyone knew Germany couldn't take a two front war with the industrial heartland being so easily within reach of the French

[@user-wv9kf2nb2x]

@@mmof2241 i don't know what you are talking about. If they weren't to join the war, Russia would still leave it and have it's Revolution, then Austria would rule the Balkans, as a Serb, i don't want that. Just because they did horrible crimes in Serbia does not mean they didn't help us in the past, my friend.

[@aleembaksh1880]

@@Spartan_1287 What's false about his statement?

[@arid1233]

11:35 Austria-Hungary: It’s over Italy, I have the high ground

[@oscarf2840]

Under rated comment

[@moseschmidt]

Indeed underrated

[@chiantozzo9341]

Italy: *Wins the war* Italy: Well i guess i'm taking your high ground

[@utzius8003]

@@chiantozzo9341 **sad South Tyrol noises**

[@andreimorar5249]

Luigi Cadorna: You underestimate my power

[@cnppreactorno.4965]

You should cover the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-1878. It's often overlooked but it, much like the Franco-Prussian War, provides some great context for ww1

[@thehobby-smith]

Please don't! God forbid you say some uncomfortable truths that might hurt some people's feelings...

[@kasadam85]

@@thehobby-smith like what?

[@thehobby-smith]

@@kasadam85 Like territories with predominantly Bulgarian populations given to other neighboring countries after the war by the Csar and the Great powers thus setting the stage for untold suffering.

[@kasadam85]

@@thehobby-smith i see

[@dogsittinggay7273]

Are you talking about the one that made Bulgaria somewhat independent or the Crimean war

[@nematolvajkergetok5104]

"Honvéd" wasn't the name of the Hungarian army. This word means an individual soldier, literally "homeland defender". It also means the rank of a private, if no other ranks mentioned next to it (ie. "honvéd százados" means "home defender captain", though formally it's just called captain). The army was, and today still is called "Honvédség" which literally translates as "homeland defendership".

[@laszlojuhasz7458]

A "Honvéd" nevet nem hivatalosan, de igen elterjedten használták az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchián belüli magyar haderőre, amely hivatalos neve Magyar Királyi Honvédség (németül: königlich ungarische Landwehr) volt. Ausztria is rendelkezett egy saját haderővel a Monarchián belül, ez volt a kaiserlich-königliche Landwehr (Császári-Királyi Honvédség ). Egyébként a honvéd a német Landwehr fordítása, eredetileg a Landwehr az Osztrák Császárság Károly főherceg (1771-1847), főparancsnok haderőreformja keretében létrehozott második lépcsős alakulatokat jelentett a napóleoni háborúk során, az 1800-as évek elején.

[@nematolvajkergetok5104]

@@laszlojuhasz7458 Persze, használták a "honvédsereg" szót, mint ahogy ma is, de a hadsereg neve sosem volt egyszerűen "Honvéd", sem formálisan, sem informálisan. Hogy német eredetű szó lenne, azt nem tudtam, érdekes.

[@laszlojuhasz7458]

@@nematolvajkergetok5104 Rosszul tudod, a Monarchia alatt a Magyar Királyi Honvédséget bizony illették a "Honvéd" elnevezéssel. Ezt még a német Wikipedia cikk is korrekten megemlíti,: "Die königlich ungarische Landwehr (ungarisch: Magyar Királyi Honvédség, landläufig auch nur die Honvéd) " . Egyébként ez korabeli forrásokban leellenőrizhető, hogy informálisan elterjedten használták a "Honvéd" elnevezést.

[@nematolvajkergetok5104]

@@laszlojuhasz7458 Ez valószínűleg csak német nyelvterületen lehetett így. Hasonlóan, ahogy a magyar köznyelvben is meghonosodott néhány eltorzult német szó, pl. baka: Wache, cakumpakk: Sack und Pack, masíroz: Marschieren, finánc: Finanzier, stb.

[@laszlojuhasz7458]

@@nematolvajkergetok5104 Ha jól rémlik, Gömbös Gyula, későbbi miniszterelnök is használta a kifejezést az Egy magyar vezérkari tiszt bíráló feljegyzései a forradalomról és ellenforradalomról című művében.

[@sdinvt]

Last time I was this early, I missed the Austrian Arch Duke's motorcade.

[@jamesabestos2800]

Æ

[@themasterchiefproductions]

lol

[@jamesabestos2800]

@@themasterchiefproductions łīøá

[@schmutza_5426]

Don't get it

[@syn8939]

@@schmutza_5426 ww1 start look it up

[@themodernwarfarehistorian825]

"How many battles are we going to do on the Isonzo, Generalissimo Cadorna?" "Yes"

[@theblue5224]

Luckily we had him purged and replaced whit Diaz

[@devchaitanyatiwari5997]

@@theblue5224 but if you were more quick many more hundreds of thousands soliders could have been saved .

[@GeorgeSemel]

Well, the Insonzo was where this Benito guy decided he might have a future in politics.

[@wildfire9280]

@@GeorgeSemel pffft, like that’d ever happen

[@PickBit]

@@theblue5224 Actually Diaz was not much better than Cadorna as far as capability goes. He did have way more considerations for the lives of his men and that is what makes him far more well liked in the historical narration, but actually both generals were very much comparable, decent but nothing special. Yes, I'm saying it explicitly, Cadorna was NOT the incompetent fool some like to portray him as; he did make mistakes, but no more than any other average military leader out there. What really caused him to become so infamous in reality had way much more to do with his reaction to Caporetto, namely his attempts at blameshifting and discharge responsibility on the government with its "propaganda campaign to undermine troop resolve". The only thing he obtained of course was making himself look even worse and blowing the defeat way out of proportion, to the point where even today it's cosidered the biggest disaster in the history of warfare when it's absolutely not, not even remotely close. The "Brusilov offensive" and even the "Marne" itself, just to name a couple, were absolutely comparable both in territorial gain\loss and in casualty number, if not even worse.

[@dandelionhood4508]

I'm Austrian and a few years back when I was in school I had to do a project about the Austro-Hungarian/Italian front. I was shocked by how insanely inhuman the conditions there were, especially since I've got relatives in Tyrol and everyone there told me about how successful the Austro-Hungarian army were there. The Austro-Hungarian army consisted mostly of old men and young boys as the majority of men had already been drafted to fight elsewhere in 1914. There were extreme difficulties in supplying the army with sufficient food, ammunition, clothing and medicine, so far that the soldiers often had to use a plant called cotton gras to dress their wounds as they ran out of bandages. As they fought in the mountains, there were more casualties from rockslides and avalanches than from enemy fire. Not to even mention all the soldiers who fell victim to malnutrition, disease and the cold. There was one lange avalanche in the particularly hard winter of 1916 that killed 5000+ soldiers at once and we still keep finding mummified bodies 100 years later due to glacial melting. Often, entire mountains were blown up, such as the 'Col di Lana' where they blew up its peak, and there are countless tunnels dug into the mountains. All this while both the Austro-Hungarian as well as the Italian army destroyed themselves from within, as the Entente promised the Czechs independence if they stopped allying with Austria-Hungary and the southern Italians wanted nothing to do with 'the war of the northern Italians'. War is always pointless and the southern front is no exception. If you're hiking in the dolomites, you can still see the relicts of this war, tunnels and makeshift hideouts and crosses signifying the graves of the fallen. It's both surreal and disturbing.

[@ZaGaijinSmash]

The more I learn about wars around the world from this great channel, the more I realise that every war is directly caused by at least one war prior. Round and round we go.

[@waynejohanson1083]

Could it be people never forgive or forget and always want revenge.

[@DarkArtistKaiser]

A thing I learned is that while forgiveness is something taught often, forgiveness is seldom truly practiced. Its no mystery why Far right groups are rising in places like Germany, when we seem unwilling to forgive them of their errors in the past. You can tell at how inflammatory articles are to Germany for not going 100% in the direct that is wanted.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

When you can speak German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Italian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, and Bosnian: *Austrian-Hungarian 100*

[@jayfrank1913]

Serbs, Croats and Bosnians all speak Serbo-Croatian.

[@drunkenlancer5895]

It’s Austro-Hungarian right?

[@jayfrank1913]

@@drunkenlancer5895 No, it has nothing to do with German or Hungarian. Serbo-Croatian is a Slavic language.

[@drunkenlancer5895]

@@jayfrank1913 I'm talking about Austrian-Hungarian vs Austro-hungarian. I'm wondering which is the proper name for the nationality, nothing to do with the language.

[@jayfrank1913]

@@drunkenlancer5895 Sorry to misunderstand you.

[@shark_bee]

Parents: *KZbin doesn’t teach you important things! It’s useless!* Me:

[@CMDRFandragon]

YEah, I woulda loved all my homework in school to be: watch youtube. There are some channels that do actually present good info thats way more indepth and far more accurate than anything school teaches ya.

[@zsomborfabian970]

Did your parents really said that or that is just a "meme"?

[@CMDRFandragon]

@@zsomborfabian970 I do know my grandma says computers are a waste of time lol. Soooo, idk, the original comment is probably half meme half truth.

[@lucjanl1262]

I mean this isn't very important stuff, so they are kinda right

[@enxityblox]

@@lucjanl1262 i mean you Gotta learn the world wars at some grade so this is important

[@karsentube13yt]

The “Now we can no longer hold back. It will be a terrible war.” quote was not said by Franz Josef, it was said by the chief of the army of Austria Hungary

[@akosbarati2239]

Yes, because Frank said the more grounded /s "when the leaves fall we will be back"

[@victhaur9981]

Side note: at 4:30 the "Magyar language of Hungary" is literally Hungarian. Magyar = Hungarian.

[@constantinekorkousky3363]

They had so many chances, but kept messing up. Makes me so sad especially when you learn about Karl’s restoration attempts

[@sch0146]

Theres a cool video about Karl's restoration attempts in Hungarian, but theres English sub. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hn2ag5-EYtl9f9U

[@rapturex]

Ain't nothing to be sad about, it naturally fell apart with the downfall of the european nobility, and it was truly inevitable for such an artificial country with millions of subdued slavs, romanians and others, whose numbers combined vastly outnumbered the Austo-Hungarians themself.

[@potato88872]

@@rapturex you are using today views on an empire that stood for century, so using the word " subdue slave" it's stupid

[@theultimategamer8537]

@Nikoladin ironically enough though the word slaves was actually derived from the word slav

[@riograndedosulball248]

@Nikoladin it's literally what it means, look it up. If you don't believe him, google it up

[@mediocreman6323]

As somebody who had dealings with Austria's bureaucracy from time to time, I can assure you, that, after a century, nothing has changed. Except that we can no longer lose over a million soldiers, because we have only forty thousand left. Greetings from Vienna! And: Hötzendorf was one of the worst beings in Austrian history. But this is just a side note here.

[@AlteryxGaming]

He may have been a terrible military officer, but he did make for an excellent mustache model!

[@TragicTester034]

@@AlteryxGaming eh still beaten in that role by Wario himself Kaiser Wilhelm the II

[@madkoala2130]

I heard that still have records for insurance of the buildings in Croatia and Bosnia and that they expaired recianly (that buroaucracy is not that bad comperably to croatia where 1 million euros can disapiare in matter of one pass of the paper to each desk.)

[@MrHejke]

@@AlteryxGaming He was one of the best military strategist of his time.

[@thanhhoangnguyen4754]

@@MrHejkeRight up there with Enver Pasha desicion sending it own troop into the Winter without winter gear.

[@Thermopylae2007]

The Austro-Hungarian army also provided a corps that deployed to the Western Front. That's how my grandfather ended the war in the Verdun sector.

[@nirfz]

Few people know about that. For example, when the germans broke the Belgian and French fortresses they made use of A-H Siege Artillery and crews. Artillery pieces like these: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmGtm6egrN-jnpY

[@stevekaczynski3793]

@@nirfz A-H artillery units were valued by the Germans, though they were less sure about the infantry.

[@nirfz]

@@stevekaczynski3793 A sentiment that has stayed for a long time. (In some cases until the invasion of norway in WW2, in others to this day)

[@blackpowderuser373]

"War begun, the Kaiser has come Day or night, the shells keep falling Overrun, but never outdone Street to street, denying defeat!"

[@8ballentertainment.885]

“Soldiers of the Serbian army, keep your heads held high!”

[@glassbottlemenacesyou8323]

"a"

[@ramiromen6595]

I'm not being ironic here: even after you consider all the blunders Germany had better allies in ww1

[@hussienbintalal91]

The way I look at it when it comes to the power of the German allyies WW1//WW2 GERMANY//GERMANY AUSTRO HINGARYAN//JAPAN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE//ITALY

[@dominges]

@@hussienbintalal91 Wrong, The Ottomans joined due to territorial instability (due to the defeat in the last war) and because of the Bulgarian Kingdom did and the Bulgarians did all the heavy lifting on the Balkan front! The only worthy adversary in that God damn war beside Germany the West European Powers ever faced and the ONLY ''defeated'' country to be invited to the Victory parade and given honors to (all the flags of the victors in the war were lowered down to honor the Bulgarian generel Vazov)! The same country that was blasting the Ottoman Empire forces and pushing them back to be stopped ONLY by direct treats of war by the Western European powers IF they proceed to capture Istanbul/Constantinople while the allied countries (Serbia and Greece) were busy occupying land that was not agreed to in the preparations of the Liberation war. After the Roman hegemony in this part of Europe the only worse thing the History ever witnessed was the Habsburgs and the Empire of pure Evil called Austro-Hungary! If only the Serbs didn't broke their word on the mutual agreement between them and Bulgaria the Balkans would have been a peaceful powerhouse in Europe but moronic and selfish decisions are part of the human nature...

[@juanpaz5124]

Bulgaria did a very good job considering its size, but that's about it. Gotta go with WW2 because of Japan.

[@ebenmitton7340]

@@hussienbintalal91 Italy would be more comparable to Austria Hungary, not the ottomans.

[@bossbeartherock6034]

@@ebenmitton7340 but even the ottomans racked up impressive victories at kush and completely killing the gallopli campign from the get go . But fall apart in winter warfare agains russia and a well trained force with a proper water supply in the suez and the 2nd atempt after kush .

[@bigj1905]

The quote “undeterred by this sudden display of reason.” could be used a lot in history.

[@grantjohnson5785]

In this instance, this "sudden display of reason" was pure bullshit. Serbia was just stalling for time, they never had any intention of accepting the terms. The assassination was a government-approved Black Ops mission to begin with, A-H had *every* right to curb-stomp Serbia... especially since Ferdinand had been trying to improve things. Serbia deserved everything it got from then on. Well, not the people. But their inept leaders did.

[@marcoroberts9462]

@@grantjohnson5785 “The Austrian government was not much concerned to punish the crime of Sarajevo. They wanted to punish a different crime - the crime that Serbia committed by existing as a free national state” AJP Taylor, Europe - Grandeur and Decline (1967). Serbia was still outraged at A/H for the Bosnian crisis in 1908, A/H had absolutely no right to go to war with Serbia. And as for the black hand, only one rogue colonel supplied them with weapons

[@grantjohnson5785]

@@marcoroberts9462 That's definitely not what I read in an old library book a few years back... that historian asserted (with sources to back him) that the assassination was carried out with the full knowledge of the Serbian government, albeit off the official record. It also described in painstaking detail the military preparations Serbia was making while "considering AH's demands". Oh, yes, my good man - Serbia wanted a war. And it wanted to make AH look like the aggressor by having Bosnians from within AH do their dirty work. Unfortunately, I forget the exact title and author... it has been ~8 years since I read it.

[@gd88467]

@@grantjohnson5785 Don’t forget Serbia was also backed and supplied by Russia which emboldened them to want a war. Was A/H hands clean? No, no nation in WWI had clean hands they all were braying for blood and were eager to go to war.

[@grantjohnson5785]

@@gd88467 Oh, absolutely. Everybody had it out for everybody else, except possibly England. England really didn't want to fight either Russia or Germany, but ended up siding with its ancient rival (France) over its frequent ally (Prussia/Germany) because they were afraid Russia had designs on India (they didn't)... and because they wanted to link up South Africa with Egypt by land, and German East Africa was in the way. It would be interesting to imagine how the Great War would have gone had Anglo-German solidarity remained intact.

[@THE_GUY_ONE]

11:58 I would like to correct you here. During the battle of Caporetto germans and austrians actually advanced over 150 km deep into the italian territory and they were eventually stopped by italians at Piava river not far from Venice, where in 1918 austrians attemped a breakthrough but failed.

[@Boretheory]

It was mostly the German shock tactics that carried them and they were stopped by a newly formed Italian elite division. The Italian civilians also did all they could to arras the Germans which saved 3 divisions from the encirclement. The advance was stopped by Venetian resistance and Command replacement

[@joannes4321]

My great, great grandfather was in the Imperial Army during the great war. We are an Austrian family. I don’t know anything about his experiences but I do know he lost his right foot and had it replaced with a simple prosthetic. I believe he was an infantryman, but I don’t know for certain. My father has his medals, though.

[@akosbarati2239]

He very likely was, the "treatment" at the time was even for a deep shrapnel wound: amputation

[@acrispywaffleiron4014]

Austria-Hungary: Sends list of demands Serbia: agrees to a majority Austria-Hungary: you weren't supposed to do that

[@thetruth495]

Too simplistic. Serbia's 'agreement' was a clever ruse, designed to make them look good and Austria bad, but in reality the Serbs weren't cooperative at all.

[@andrijajevdjic1144]

@@thetruth495 they didn't have any chance, Austro-Hungary wanted war so it was inevitable that it's gonna happen

[@trivunkonjik7413]

@@thetruth495 what are u saying? Serbs accepted almost all clauses they only refused to let austrian detectives and austrian judges to judge in Serbia...

[@tihomiraleksic9926]

@@thetruth495 We accepted every clause exept one where was noted that Austrian-Hungarian investigators will come to Serbia and make an investigation about assassination of Ferdinand (even though Serbia as a state had nothing to do with the killing). That automatically destroys the one states sovereignty and pride. So, of course Serbs were not willing to agree on that. Serbia had just finished her's Balkan wars where she lost soldiers and the army was tired. Those wars took part from 1912 to 1913 and we wanted so badly to avoid another conflict. But on the other hand Austria had for almost 10 years wanted to go in the war with Serbia cause Serbia was the major opponent ih its plan called: Drang nach Osten (Drive to the East) with which they wanted to take the eastern parts of Europe and parts of Asia where were Ottomans, so they gave us an ultimatum which they knew we can not accept.

[@thetruth495]

@@tihomiraleksic9926 Interesting comment. Nothing in history is completely clear cut - some historians have argued that Austria wanted to use the incident as an excuse to destroy the Serbian state, but this murder was a very serious act. The murder of the heir to a throne is an act of war itself, an act of violence directed against the state itself, not just an individual. How should Austria have reacted? Adopting a soft approach would have undermined the Austrian state itself and led to more assassinations of this type. Look at Israel today - one soldier killed by terrorists provokes a massive retaliation against the Palestinians. Can you imagine what would happen if the Iranian secret service assassinated the Israeli Prime Minister? It would be instant war.

[@Boki10]

Austria-Hungary was my go to nation when I played Supremacy 1914 such fond memories

[@MrFredstt]

Same. Even though I just recently got my ass kicked lol

[@klm9440]

Norway

[@szexmaster]

Lol i played firstly as greenland and i won!

[@tobiasjosekoch3475]

I was Austria-Hungary and allied with Greece and someone! @Ferenc Gyurkovics

[@nacelnikprosiak1260]

4:35 back then there was no thing as "Montegrin" language, it was made recently because of bad relations of Montenegro with Serbia :/

[@kosovoisserbia8937]

Actually less and less people in Montenegro Are declaring that they speak Montenegrin. On new population control it's projeceted that 70% of Montego will speak Serbian and that 55% will be ethnically Serbs.

[@Tortellobello45]

@@kosovoisserbia8937 your name is just as wrong as your comment

[@ivan.jeremic]

@@kosovoisserbia8937Yeah the whole 2006 voting was a mafia coup to break away Montenegro. No way that the vote was legit.

[@TAKE_BACK_BRITAIN]

You forgot though that even though the Austro Hungarian army was a bit aged, they still actually had the best artillery manufacturing capacity in all of Europe. And knowing how important of a role artillery had in the war in general, that’s no small feat. Even Germany borrowed many of Austria’s artillery pieces for the western front.

[@BHuang92]

Baldrick: I heard that it started when a bloke called Archie Duke shot an ostrich 'cause he was hungry. Edmund: I think you mean it started when the Archduke of Austro-Hungary got shot. Baldrick: Nah, there was definitely an ostrich involved, sir.

[@ferdinanddelessep7375]

BAAHH!!!

[@DotmatrixHistory]

I still feel sad about that poor ostrich :(

[@stevekaczynski3793]

For me that was a weakness of the last major Blackadder version. Baldrick tended to become progressively dumber during each version of Blackadder until by World War One he is a moron.

[@hifive0264]

The Austrians actually predicted the Italian entry into the war. So their navy was already on alert and ready to strike. The ships bombarded multiple locations ok the entire coast, destroying one of two railways to the north, compleatly crippeling the Italians for some time. This lead to the Italians being unable to launch their initialy planned attacks, enabeling the Austrians to prepare defenses.

[@dinozulic1624]

My great grandfather was a Croatian prison guard who was also conscripted into the Austro-Hungarian army and fought in Russia. All I know of his involvement is that he had to guard a colonel's horse :D He returned to his job after WWI only to end up as a concentration camp guard later in WW2 when the prison was turned into one. When our town was liberated by the Red Army all the prisoners, even actual criminals, were released and some of them exacted revenge on the town by randomly killing men. Obviously, they wanted to kill my great grandfather as well and came close to doing so. Great grandma hid him in a haystack. Allegedly, they stabbed at the haystack with a pitchfork and stabbed him in the hand, but he remained silent and managed to survive. He lived to be 90 and only died 3 years before I was born.

[@tihomiraleksic9926]

Fun facts: When serbian prime minister Nikola Pasic received an Austro-Hungary's ultimatum, he came back to the government and said: Austro-Hungary has declared a war оn us which will be its end. Also, when everything went from bad to worse for Serbia in the war (after autumn of 1915) and when we were destroyed, he said: There is no salvation for us, perish we will not!

[@akosbarati2239]

I put that under r/totallyhappened here's why: the Ottomans joined the Central Powers to reconquer what they had lost, so in 1914 or 15 Serbia never could have had the foresight in the vice grip of the Central Powers that you would win. Also evidenced by the fact that every time you try to rule the Balkans under your fist others just rise up against you.

[@tihomiraleksic9926]

@@akosbarati2239 LMFAO. In 1914 Serbia beat the AU twice in a couple of months even though they had like 10 times less soldiers than them. Those were two major battles at Cer and Kolubara after which whole Europe were impressed by Serbs. There were also some minor battles for example at Mackov kamen where the stalemate happened. The AU then implemented a bloody epidemic of typhus on us by leaving its contagious soldier at our territory but we still survived and were cured. Only when they called Germans to help them and lured Bulgarians in the war to attack us from the back (simultaneously with them ) we were defeated. Not before. So, you can see clearly that we had a lot of reasons to believe in victory of Entente in 1914 and 1915, which eventualy came in 1918. As for the second part of your comment, when did Serbia try to rule the Balkans? Serbia always just wanted to protect territories on which its people lived and thats all.

[@user-hj8mz3hp3s]

Austrohungary saved Pasic from execution in 1899,he was involved in plot against King Milan called Ilkas Assasination,and Pas was bound to be executed,but Austrohungary started media campaign against kingdom of serbia and pressured us with threat of sanctions,so King Milan couldnt execute Pasic.20 year later Pasic puts his signature on legalisation of Austorhungarys annexation of Bosnia

[@junebug8485]

Austro-hungarian guy: Guys i made this thing called an armored car Staff: Horse what do you think? Horse: too loud Staff: ok get this out my face

[@mariodangelo9768]

I would think being able to scare enemy Cavalry would be a asset in military

[@junebug8485]

@@mariodangelo9768 it really would lol

[@Edax_Royeaux]

I don't think it would have been very helpful. I believe the British Army had more funding than the Austro-Hungarian army despite being a tenth of the size. The Austro-Hungarian soldiers didn't even have proper boots, using cardboard soles. Spending money on wonderweapons would have made their situation far worse. They needs shoes more than they need armor.

[@joefalkens9834]

@@Edax_Royeaux Cardboard shoes are used by the British French and American soldier in the 1950s 60s 70s

[@Edax_Royeaux]

@@joefalkens9834 The difference is that the Austro-Hungarian army in WWI spent a considerable amount of time in the mountains in winter, when those cardboard soles couldn't provide adequate protection from the environment. They lost a tremendous amount of Austro-Hungarian soldiers to frostbite trying to save the fortress of Przemyśl. And I suppose the US soldier had a reputation of suffering in the winter cold during the retreat of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, so maybe they could have used better equipment in that conflict.

[@ezinneuro5774]

I was just rewatching the Franco-Prussian war video but came here ASAP

[@itsblitz4437]

Any new video from Armchair Historian is gonna be really a eye-opener.

[@Cliffy_Deluna]

You should make a video of Italys point of view about WW1 next.

[@marcodangelo84]

Read "The adventures of the good soldier Svejk" to understand why such an empire was doomed to collapse. It's the single most important WW1 book - and you will also have tons of laugh.

[@akosbarati2239]

I approve, fiction truly is better. Now have your stomach pumped, you faker!

[@tomm9963]

The Austro-Hungarian army had more communication issues than teams on CS: Go

[@gameoflife9576]

Now this is a golden comment!

[@howdymynameishow6582]

hey griffin it would be really cool if you could do a "how austria went from an all-out rival to an ally of germany in WWI"

[@luigicadorna8644]

This kind of thing was pretty common in Europe at the time. People had short memories when it came to wars and most of the royal families of Europe never really took it personally when they fought against another country (usually because the monarchs of both countries were related). For example, during the Crimean War fought 1853-1856, Britain and France teamed up against Russia. That didn’t stop them from all being allies by the time WWI came around. Prior to that the British and French had fought just a fuckton of wars against each other over the course of around 1,000 years.

[@bbcmotd]

Luigi above is correct. Also back they wars didn't really were the wars of the 20th century with mass civilian extermination and mechanized destruction. So even after a loss there were no hard feelings for more than a couple years.

[@corey2232]

@@luigicadorna8644 Yeah, except the French (like you said), who did indeed carry grudges.

[@masoodvoon8999]

I would begin it when Austria as the long time elector of the Holy Roman Empire was defeated in the Thirty Years War. Protestant princes in the north sought after more autonomy (or power) and cloaked themselves in religion to get it. Although Prussia wasn't a player in this war it was the beginning of the end of Austrian dominance (and control) within Germany.

[@rebelgaming1.5.14]

Otto Von Bismarck is the key to this. His dual diplomacy strategy started the war against Austria, but also got the Kaiser to stop the war and preserve relations between the two nation-states. They both had similar interests as well, the weakening of Russia and France. Austria had not forgotten the Napoleonic Wars, and neither had Germany. They would not catch themselves disorganized again (for the most part).

[@lacihorvath2679]

Amazing job, great graphics! I hope you will do a series on WWI . Thanks for your work!

[@project22-ab88]

I feel like having a horse get scared of an armored vehicle is probably a good sign that you should use it

[@originalhistory4446]

Awesome! Austria Hungary is commonly overlooked when it comes to World War 1. Could you talk about Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary’s involvement in WW2? I think that would be interesting since many people don’t know about their roles.

[@treerat7631]

Romania had the second highest causlilte rate in world war 2

[@geoffbarney5914]

There should be a WW1 from the German perspective video

[@johenlo9564]

@@treerat7631 dammmmmmn thats not really good

[@_iustin_n8960]

@@johenlo9564 Yeah a lot of romanians, hungarians and italians died on the eastern front but no one talks about them and how important they were.

[@akosbarati2239]

@@_iustin_n8960 or the war crimes they committed. sometimes less is more

[@arturkarpinski164]

There was potential for a weapon that could possibly scare and disarray the enemy's horses!!!!

[@fatalshore5068]

Exactly what I was thinking. That's an asset not a wekaness you fool emporer!

[@arturkarpinski164]

@@fatalshore5068 look into the Polish Winged Hussars their appearance and the sound the feathers made that they wore on their backs did exactly that to the enemy's horses.

[@buriedalive3192]

It's important to note that it could also scare the horses pulling your own artillery

[@wildfire9280]

Coincidentally, this is also what led to the dissolution of the Songhai Empire at the 1591 Battle of Tondibi.

[@arturkarpinski164]

@@wildfire9280 yes, the gunpowder used by the Moroccan army did it!!!

[@jesuschrist9513]

What makes it even more ironic was that Franz Ferdinand had spent the previous decade being the angel of Franz Josef's shoulder and advising *against* the war on Serbia, being a rival of Hohtzendorff, and after Ferdinand's death his murder was the justification used by his rival to push for the very thing Ferdinand preached against

[@DanielMastrofski]

Griff, your channel is hands-down the best online. Praise to you and your superb team!

[@mathiastaddonio3694]

The Armchair Historian: names Piave Italians: IL PIAVE MORMORÒ: "NON PASSA LO STRANIERO!"

[@timeweaselproduction]

My great-great grandfather was a Pole from Galicia drafted in the Austro-Hungarian military in WWI. Since any military records of his were likely destroyed by the Nazis' burnings (as explained in your previous video on the occupation of Poland), I guess this video will have to do.

[@adankmeme651]

Rest in piece, he fought for an army that gave 0 shits about him.

[@skymaster4743]

@@adankmeme651 The Poles favored Austria over Germany and Russia as the lesser of "three evils". Pilsudski himself fought in the Austro-Hungarian Army.

[@TheAustrianAnimations87]

@@adankmeme651 If that was true, then the Polish Legions wouldn't perform well during WW1.

[@wildfire9280]

@@adankmeme651 isn’t everyone else in the army is also an assortment of ethnicities?

[@ChlopskiStyl]

There are records out there that soldier based in the Lwów(Lemberg) military district were microfilmed. Also if your relative was injured, taken prisoner or killed they will be listed in the loss releases called the Verlusliten. I found relatives records on here showing thier details. Don't give up the search.

[@DGordillo123]

Gorgeous and very original visuals, thank you for this content!

[@BitchItsJules]

This channel is amazing! Love the visuals!! Keep it up

[@KC-Mitch]

_Austria-Hungary creates list of ridiculously impossible demands_ *Austria-Hungary:* You must meet our demands at once. *Serbia:* Yeah, okay. I suppose we can swing it. *Austria-Hungary:* _Surprise Pikachu Face_

[@jarradscarborough7915]

a very clever move! it was obvious that those demand were simply to justify an invasion, so by agreeing the serbs were basically saying "no war for you!!! come back later!", and they got an excuse to call in foreign superpowers to witness AH bullshit. an excellent diplomatic riposte!

[@bruhmoment-wq5cy]

Serbia: We can accept some but no Austrian police in Serbia Austria-Hungary: _Thomas had never seen such bullshit before_

[@stephenscribbles]

Austria-Hungary: no, this isnt how youre supposed to play the game

[@fishcreator2477]

@@jarradscarborough7915 have you read the demands? It would of probably turned Serbia into a Austrian puppet

[@jarradscarborough7915]

@@fishcreator2477 have you read between the lines? they were never supposed to agree to it, therefore agreeing was the worst thing they could have done to stuff up AH, but by saying they needed to iron out some wrinkles and calling for arbitration left no-one on earth in any doubt that they were very reasonable, and the AH were the bad guys. r/maliciouscompliance

[@itsblitz4437]

Man you have no idea how happy it is to see Austro-Hungarian Empire during World War I get much needed attention. I applause you Griffin, as World War I or the other wars during the 1910s-1920s don't get a lot of coverage.

[@MichaelWhittmann]

Thanks! Always wanted to know more about the central powers. Great video!

[@SorinAcelasi]

Romania was not all occupied, the King and the government retreat at Iasi, in Moldova, and asked for peace. Re-entered the war after some time when Austro-Hungary started loosing.

[@mrmoc7616]

I really love this content. Your animation,documantarys and quality really got better through the years .

[@rhodesiansneverdie1539]

I'm trying to repair my armchair and I find this guy... I'm not disappointed

[@user-zk3fu4hk1j]

lol

[@jeddkeech259]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@OilFootballFan]

I like how on thumbnail everyone points the rifle except one, which is pistol, representing Gavrilo Princip/Serbia But besides that, war was necessary, Austria-Hungary wanted a reason to declare a war, end if assassination didn't happen, Austria-Hungary would find another reason sooner or later

[@jaredmoyes81]

Just love your work, man.

[@juan.3077]

Austria Hungary is one of my favorite countries in ww1, but not many speak about them in the war, except for Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the throne in the empire, now I finally get to learn a bit more about countries like Austria Hungary because of this channel

[@Evangeline.F]

Austria-Hungary sadly gets a really terrible reputation and is often overlooked as a junior partner of Germany in WWI. Sadly, historians after WWII often painted WWI as the prototype of German attempts at global domination, which obviously meant Austria-Hungary would be ignored and only recently we got new perspectives on the conflict with works like Christopher Clark's muc-lauded and well-received "Sleepwalkers", which I highly recommend. Sadly, as nice as this channel shows things graphically, the narrative shown here is still in the old mold of Austria-Hungary being a highly ineffective and incapable actor that was overly aggressive and divided by its ethnicities, when newer research shows a much more differentiated picture of Austrian motives at the beginning of the war, the leadup to the war and the conduct of the war.

[@fluffynator6222]

@@Evangeline.F Honestly, I don't get how people can draw lines between WW1 and WW2 Germany. They are obviously very different.

[@TheBestDrunkDriver]

I like Austria-Hungary to. Its a really intriguing country. If only it stayed alive a bit longer.

[@fluffynator6222]

@@TheBestDrunkDriver As an Austrian, I wish the same thing too.

[@arctic_shadow578]

@@fluffynator6222 I'm Austrian to apparently related to the hapsburgs lol

[@mariosvourliotakis778]

Ive missed Conrad von Hotzendorf,its been years since Indy Neidell spoke about him:(

[@diegodelamata2435]

Indy neidell is really amazing!

[@MG-zx8jn]

I can still hear the old intro music

[@TheCimbrianBull]

This is modern war!

[@Awakeningspirit20]

Now Indy is like stuck in both the early 1920s and also the 1930s but also sort of the 1940s and 1950s sort of trying to figure out his place for the next 8 years or so until 2029 when he can kind of begin the leadup to WWII and then WWII itself lol

[@davefekete7187]

Finally some more Austro -Hungarian history! Thanks for the content!

[@juliuscaesar1275]

Let's just all agree how well made this video is with the animations

[@Volnas97]

*WW1 starts* Czechoslovak soldiers: Aight, we're outa here

[@panzhubnikaz7335]

Alright, that was enough Russia for me. Time to go home!

[@bruhmoment-wq5cy]

Meanwhile,in Turkey: *scream.mp3*

[@mirzahamzabaig5667]

@@bruhmoment-wq5cy *Distant Turkish and Arab battle cries*

[@bruhmoment-wq5cy]

@@mirzahamzabaig5667 Meanwhile in Gallipoli: *more screams in Turkish,Bri'ish,Aussie,Kiwi,Arabic,etc. as the sea becomes so bloody its red after Turkish gattling guns and artillery destroy the Bri'ish with Arabic chargers*

[@Volnas97]

@Matej-Jozef Vojtanek Yeah, I know.

[@dr.finnegan3949]

France & Britain: "Dont worry we got your back (Serbia and Poland). Germany: a France & Britain: eeh...so...i call you

[@henrikg1388]

I presume you mean WWI: Serbia and the Austro-Hungarians, WWII: Poland and Germany/Soviet Union. That's quite a correct observation.

[@styrofoam9981]

@@henrikg1388 Fr&Br went to war for Poland’s independence, in WW2, and there wasn’t much more they could do for Poland in the immediate future against both the Soviets and the Nazis tho

[@henrikg1388]

@@styrofoam9981 BALONEY! If they went to war for Poland's independence, they should have declared war on the Soviet Union on the 17th of September, when they invaded and annexed the Eastern part. They did no such thing. Instead, they started running convoys with vital supplies to the Soviets. So please tell me who has the moral high ground at the start of the war, and when the UK(& USA) are going to stop lying about it as the last black&white moral war? It'll never happen. That is the final taboo.

[@MK.1599]

@@henrikg1388 Bravo! beautifully said.

[@henrikg1388]

@@MK.1599 Nice to hear that someone appreciates it. I want to break these taboos, which doesn't make me a closet Nazi.

[@boku5192]

My great-grandfather from Slovakia fought on italian front against English and Italians. Army controlled every letter so they could not write home that there was no food and how much of a disaster it was . They had no supplies. And Hungarians were bullying everybody around. When he returned home his own mother did't recognize him because he looked like corpse. His uniform and bag was so packed with fleas and filth that they had to be burned immediately. Later the veterans were often telling weird stories and jokes about war. -for example like every other man claimed that he served with big bertha cannon , apparently it was something cool at the time -the jokes are following: son when we fought at Piave river there was so much watter that we had to breathe through our rifles from under the watter - when we advanced at Piave the fog was so thick that when it cleared i had three italians and one englishman stuck on my bayonet Not sure if he, but someone got pinned down by crossfire and hid in a pot hole covered by a little bush. It took so long that he fell asleep. When he woke up bush was shaved down to like one cm above the ground. So just few cm above him.

[@balazsnagy3912]

"And Hungarians were bullying everybody around. " Typical anti-Hungarian propaganda. Your great-grandfather has a much better life under the Austro-Hungarian rule than later under Czech rule. Here is a video about an old Slovak gentleman, who claims, life was so much better in Austria-Hungary than later in Czechoslovakia! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKCYknpno5ZlkKc

[@boku5192]

@@balazsnagy3912 This is history my friend. How it was remembered by most of my people and how it was written down. It's laughable how your link screams "propaganda video" even with all the music :_D I don't need to resort to some obscure sources to prove something. Get out of your lie about great hungary wonderland that never was and never will be. I don't hate Hungarians for the things they did to us because forgiveness is way forward but i hate when people can't be honest about themselves so they refuse truth no matter how obvious. No source outside hungary proves your point desn't it seem odd to you? I say this obsession of numberless hungarian conspiracy theorists like you to prove the whole world wrong is clear sign that this country does not have clear consciousness but is to prideful to admit it.

[@boku5192]

@@balazsnagy3912 And i bet that Hung. officer whipping my great-grandfather and his whole unit with a fucking cattle whip like some animals because he thought they did't stand in straight enough line while refilling their water bottles was just some crazy fever dream right?! Or another lie to smear on the shining Hungarian halo?

[@akosbarati2239]

To be an even bigger bummer, criminal historians aren't just fascinated by Béla Kiss but also by a group of women who used the poison from fly paper to kill their husbands once they returned so they can be with their lovers.

[@dntlss]

Love the channel man,subscribed

[@srbin420]

Do Serbia's role in ww1 please! I know its a minor nation but i would like to hear your take on the story :)

[@user-fl3nb9kq3s]

1 of the 2 countries that started the bloodshed,got rect,saved by France,Britain and Greece. No one is interested in such a video man a better video was already proposed. The Korean war from North Korea perspective.

[@aleksandarbogicevic3673]

@@user-fl3nb9kq3s I understand your pain, it is really sad when your country (Bulgaria) lose both World Wars and Second Balkan War and have been always on the side of oppressors and aggressors. I felt pity for the history of your country in the 20th century.

[@user-tj2dj7vq2x]

@@user-fl3nb9kq3s are you still salty that your country lost three times against Serbia

[@user-fl3nb9kq3s]

@@aleksandarbogicevic3673 tell me why will the proposed video be watched? Noone is interested in Serbia. Ahahah in Bulgaria assassinations are done right. Vlado Chernosemski assassinated Karajordjevic and didn't start a WW in which ⅓ of his people will die nor did he rot in jail for 20 years like a mouse. Bulgaria was never an oppressor,Serbia was. In ww1 there are no bad sides,in Ww2 Bulgaria didn't commit genocide,saved it's jews,liberated Yugoslavia. SBW was lost because 5vs1 while Serbia lost 3vs1 and you still believe that this is better 😆. What shame? In Bulgaria we have a saying ,,lost without being beaten".

[@user-fl3nb9kq3s]

@@user-tj2dj7vq2x in the 20th century Bulgaria was never defeated by Serbia in 1vs1. In fact in ww2 Bulgaria liberated Serbia.

[@DisgruntledHippo]

Great topic! If you're looking for more on this subject, especially concerning the assassination, lead up to and the early half of the war "July 1914" and "The Fortress" are great books.

[@dusannovkovic5286]

This is a beautiful video Armchair Historian , and i know it's late to say this , but there's one huge mistake about this animations . The location of Belgrade in the video is actually of a city called Sremski Karlovci , while Belgrade lies on the spot where the Sava river and the Danube come together .

[@nexusobserve]

This stuff hurts my heart too much to watch all the way through

[@darrenbutler9819]

Yes! This was needed.

[@Blub_525]

Exactly my comrade

[@LonesomeRhody]

I absolutely love these WWI videos. Don't think I've ever seen more polished and well made historical content anywhere else on this site! Hoping one day to see a deeper look into the "War in Snow and Ice" in the Italian campaign in the Alps.

[@historyofitaly4364]

Actually the battle of Vittorio Veneto was important for the war… infact the italian army closed before the conflict with that battle. And with the battles of the Isonzo Italy was the only allied power to invade enemy territory in a war of position. The italian navy instead did a naval blockade with successful and the austrian navy losses some ships against small boat of X MAS flotilla

[@NoName-hg6cc]

Exactly!

[@rosshissom8561]

Dude puts out some pretty good videos keep up the good work

[@ivanfeher6110]

Amazingly good panorama of old Belgrade there - coming from someone who lives there :)

[@ritvikupadhyay7120]

How do the animations keep on improving? Each time I think that surely the animation can't get better than this, Griff's team proves me wrong. Love you Griff and team

[@LichsuhoathinhDrabattle]

Great video, looking forward to your next videos❣❣

[@americansmark]

I've been subbed for a long time, but haven't seen a video in my feed for weeks. KZbin is at it again.

[@roandestroyer6597]

I’ve always supported you because you upload history from different prospectives and always made it fun and interesting. Thanks for making great content!

[@christianofriva6879]

Thank You for covering this topic, Griff!. I'm especially thankfull, because two of my great-grandfathers fought in the Austro-Hungarian Army in WW1. One was serving as a "Kaiserjaeger" marksman in the italian Alps; whereas the other Great-Grandfather was in the hungarian Honvéd. There was also one particular incident with that Great-Grandfather, because he was a mule-driver. This means, that he had to bring forward food, ammunition and other supplies for the frontline soldiers on the steep, narrow and dangerous roads in the mountains in todays Slovania. On one of his trips to the frontline his mule slipped and almost pulled him too into his doom. But my Great-Grandfather let go of the reins of the mule just in time to safe his life. The mule and the supplies of course were lost. This would have meant the death penalty for my Great-Grandfather; but he was the only one in his Regiment, who could speak german, hungarian and (a little) slovakian. That meant, that he was indispensable as a translator for his supperiors in the army. This little annecdote from my family also shows, what a multyethnic and complex structure the Austro-Hungarian Empire realy was. Greetings from a fan from Bavaria/Germany

[@oscarf2840]

I can't understand how that army worked with different languages.

[@goldenvrpca7962]

Well, a fine example that diversity is not the strength - and never will be.

[@maddoxlacy9072]

@@goldenvrpca7962 To be fair, without diversity, it wouldnt have been an empire to begin with, now would it? For austria, it really kinda was its strength.

[@maddoxlacy9072]

@Deo Austria hungary fell militarily on the battlefield, hardly a week before Germany itself did. To say its diversity is what killed it ignores that its collapse was largely facilitated by the peace approaching was already going to dismantle it. The groups broke out because they were already going to be forced out, so why wait for what could easily be an unfavorable deal?

[@michaelbuchinger6191]

@@maddoxlacy9072 not the people but the politicians broke Austria-Hungary appart.

[@sdwzed4585]

this was helpful love the vids

[@karlvonhabsburg1581]

Favorite vid by far from this channel

[@ryankramer2703]

Amazing video. These videos on less known aspects of history that had major implications are amazing. This and the Franco-Prussian War video are both amazing.

[@tacitus6384]

"Diversity is our strength!" Austro-Hungarian Empire: *Nervous sweating noises*

[@akumaking1]

The main difference is the woke cultists have no diversity of thought.

[@paulherzog9605]

A warning for USA in 2020s

[@seneca983]

@@paulherzog9605 Should the US be split up then?

[@wildfire9280]

@@akumaking1 neither does this one-sided debate whenever it’s forced into the comment sections of history videos

[@Chewable396]

@@seneca983 yes, unless you want a repeat of 1861.

[@vennonetes4805]

After watching this I think that a video about the naval war in the Adriatic during ww1 would be quite cool!