Not pictured is an M.1886 that was sold to Chile.

This German-speaking town near Prague and Dresden changed its flag 4 times in 50 years. It survived four empires and devastating wars, but after 1945, nothing was ever the same. After more than 700 years, the entire German-speaking culture of this European town was completely erased.

With the city's support, I created a documentary about the events. You can find the documentary in my Bio or comments.

(c) photos State Regional Archive in Litoměřice

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I'm wondering if Conrad von Hotzendorf, Army Chief of staff for Austro - Hungary, was promoted too fast. His position before becomming Chief was divisionall commander. AH had 6 Armies and 14 Army corps. Did he, perhaps lack experience that comes with command of bigger units than division?

https://forgottengalicia.com/emperor-franz-joseph-is-1880-tour-of-galicia-in-paintings/

https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podr%C3%B3%C5%BC_Franciszka_J%C3%B3zefa_I_po_Galicji_i_Bukowinie_(1880))

In 1880, Franz Joseph I undertook a journey during which he visited the area of two crown lands: Galicia (including the Grand Duchy of Kraków) and Bukovina.

The emperor traveled in a royal train, consisting of two locomotives and several dozen carriages.

The emperor’s train passed through temporarily created triumphal arches, which were also prepared on the streets of Kraków and Lviv (Lemberg/Lwów), where Franz Joseph I stayed for a few days.

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This medal commemorates this visit in Galicia. On the reverse side the coat of arms of Galicia.

Maybe my ancestors knew about it. Or their labor in the fields in the country side of Lviv was more than hard enough for them.

I’m happy to own part of this history.

Perhaps because they constructed a nationalist propaganda myth of a "David and Goliath struggle" that fails under factual scrutiny, thus the reality simply isn't as appealing as the myth?

Let's look at the actual facts instead of myths: Austria-Hungary was actually at a numerical disadvantage on the Serbian front in 1914.

Because the vast majority of the Austro-Hungarian army was tied up on the Russian front in Galicia, Potiorek was given only around 200,000–250,000 troops for the invasion. On the other side, Serbia and Montenegro fully mobilized over 350,000 to 400,000 men on their home turf.

Conrad von Hötzendorf and Potiorek literally launched an invasion into mountainous terrain with fewer troops than the defenders, using war plans that Alfred Redl had already leaked to the enemy—and Hötzendorf didn't even bother to change them. Trying to claim the Habsburgs had the upper hand here is just ignoring basic military history.

Artworks from the book "Magyar hadizászlók."

This is my great-grandfather, born in Troppau in 1875. Can you help me find out what kind of uniform he is wearing here?