Postcard of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Kaiser Franz Joseph, in the Secessionist style. Kaiser Wilhelm is wearing the uniform and shako of the Death's Head Hussars.
Völkerkrieg (people's war)1914; In Treue FestPeople's WarFirm in Loyalty
"[Austro-Hungarian Commander in Chief] Conrad, undeterred as always, resumed the offensive on 27 February [1915] by sandwiching his Second Army between the Third Army and the Südarmee. The result was the same: 40 000 of its 95 000 men were captured or lost in the snow and 6000 incapacitated by hostile fire. The 'South Army' was down to one-third of its strength. Nearly 800 000 casualties attested to the severity of the fighting in the east early in 1915."
Chief of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf launched a winter offensive in January 1915 to recapture Galicia and Bukovina, Austria-Hungary's northeastern provinces and territory he had lost in 1914. He also hoped to end the threat of the Russians advancing through the passes of the Carpathian Mountains, which would put them in a position to strike Budapest, the Hungarian capital. The Südarmee was a German-led, primarily Austro-Hungarian army.
The First World War: Germany and Austria Hungary 1914-1918 by Holger H. Herwig, page 137, copyright © 1997 Holger H. Herwig, publisher: Arnold, publication date: 1997
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