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- Title
AVSTRO-OGRSKA VOJSKA V SENCI VSTOPA ITALIJE V PRVO SVETOVNO VOJNO.
- Authors
ANTOLIČIČ, Gregor
- Abstract
The First World War pushed Austro-Hungarian Empire into very difficult situation. Although it had been expected that after the attack of Austro-Hungarian on Serbia Russia would react immediately, Austrian preparations on war, which were in two phases, were extremely poor. Hesitations of Conrad von Hötzendorf, who served as Commander in Chief, during offensive (»Kriegsfall B«) or defensive proceeding (»Minimalfall B«) in the Balkan, lead to the loosing of power on the Eastern battlefield. Conrad's hesitations was followed by arbitrary actions of a military commander in the Austro-Hungarian army in the Balkan, Oskar Potiorek, which affected negatively on the military situation of the monarchy. Wishes and expectations to win the war over Serbia soon turned out to be unreal. Despite three attempts to win the war over Serbia in 1914, Austro-Hungarian Empire was not successful. On the eastern battlefield the situation was even more complicated. Russia was very successful and occupation of Lemberg and Przemysl's siege were followed by desperate attempts of the Austro-Hungarian army in order to liberate occupied territories in Galicia. In May 1915, Austro-Hungarian subdue the situation on Balkan with German aid. Complicated military situations on both fronts indicated Austro-Hungarian's inability to carry out successful offensive actions. Despite suffering defeats on both fronts, Austro-Hungarian army began preparing for a war with Italy. This time with the help of Germans. Their dependence upon Germany could be seen in the preparations for the third front. Falkenhyn, the Chief of the German General Staff, was the one who gave Conrad's guidance and advice on how to wage war with the Kingdom of Italy. Falkenhyn's strategy was to establish a front line Zagreb- Maribor-Graz. Only in that moment, when it was clearly seen that the war was inevitable, Austro-Hungarian General Staffstood up against German's demands and moved the front line on the border between the monarchy and Italy - on the River Soča (Isonzo).
- Publication
Acta Histriae, 2017, Vol 25, Issue 4, p899
- ISSN
1318-0185
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.19233/AH.2017.41