Peoples of Austria-Hungary in 1914 from Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd. The empire's population included Germans, Magyars, Romanians, Italians, and Slavs including Croats, Serbians, Ruthenians, Czechs, Slovaks, Poles, and Slovenes.
Peoples of Austria-Hungary in 1914Legend:Germans, Magyars, Romanians, Italians, and Slavs including Croats, Serbians, Ruthenians, Czechs, Slovaks, Poles, and Slovenes.
"Arz informed the Germans within 48 hours of the start of the Italian offensive that half his Army, 30 divisions, was in revolt. The Austrian official history of the war gives a long litany of divisions affected by dissolution between 26 and 27 October: the list included the 67th and 27th divisions at Asiago, the 34th and the 25th at Portule, the 16th at Sisemola, and the 5th in Borgo. Recent studies suggest that the Czech 13th and 26th, the Bohemian 29th and 43rd, the Croatian 42nd and 57th divisions, and even units of the elite Austrian 3rd (Edelweiss) Division were also in rebellion.On 24 October Hungarian leaders appealed to Honvéd soldiers to lay down their arms and head home. Field Marshal von Krobatin called for an end to hostilities already the next day; Archduke Joseph followed with a similar plea on 26 October."
Austro-Hungarian Emperor Karl had appointed General Arthur Arz von Straussenburg Chief of the General Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Army in February, 1917, replacing Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf. The 'Italian offensive' was the Battle of Vittorio Veneto, launched by Italian Commander General Armando Diaz on October 24, 1918. The Honvéd was the Hungarian equivalent of Austria's Landwehr, the territorial or national guard.
The First World War: Germany and Austria Hungary 1914-1918 by Holger H. Herwig, page 437, copyright © 1997 Holger H. Herwig, publisher: Arnold, publication date: 1997
1918-10-26, 1918, October, Asiago, Peoples of Austria-Hungary, mutiny, Czechs, Bohemians, Croatians, Krobatin, Honvéd, Honved, Hungary
