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In the World War


by Count Ottokar Czernin

Zweibund — the Dual Alliance — Germany and Austria-Hungary united, were the core of the Central Powers, and here join hands. The bars of Germany's flag border the top left, and those of the Habsburg Austrian Empire and ruling house the bottom right. Text: Schulter an Schulter Untrennbar vereint in Freud und in Leid!' Shoulder to shoulder Inseparably united in joy and in sorrow!

Zweibund — the Dual Alliance — Germany and Austria-Hungary united, were the core of the Central Powers, and here join hands. The bars of Germany's flag border the top left, and those of the Habsburg Austrian Empire and ruling house the bottom right.

In the World War by Count Ottokar Czernin, Former Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs

Czernin sums up the fall of the Empire: 'We were bound to die. We were at liberty to choose the manner of our death, and we chose the most terrible.'

Publisher: Harper and Brothers, 1920

Copyright: 1920, by Harper & Brothers