Austria
Why the Austrians lost
The Battle of Marengo, Louis-François Lejeune It was the French revolutionary armies that had proved most innovating. Their striking success rested on various factors. The remarkable mobility which the French restored to warfare was crucial. It was based on the old principle, largely proscribed during the âage of cabinet warsâ, that war should feed war. Increasingly fighting on enemy territory…
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The War of Austrian Succession: 1740-1748 â In Italy
The death of the Chevalier de Belle-Isle, Battle of Assietta. In October 1740, Emperor Charles VI died. In his youth he had held title as the Archduke Charles, claimant to the Spanish crown and for whom the Habsburgs waged the War for the Spanish Succession. He left a single heir,…
Battle of Novi (15 August 1799)
Battle of Novi by Alexander Kotzebue A major battle between French and Austro-Russian armies near the town of Novi in the Italian Piedmont. As the Allies liberated Lombardy and Piedmont, the French Directory made a new effort to turn the tide of the war by appointing a new commander in…
Johann Joseph Wenzel Graf Radetzky von Radetz, (1766â1858)
Chief of the general staff of the Austrian armies against Napoleon and commanding general of Austrian forces during the revolution of 1848 in Italy. In his youth, Radetzky proved his bravery as a soldier; he was wounded numerous times, and he was noted for his intelligence and initiative. As a…
Austriaâs Opening Disasters â WWI
Austriaâs decision for war against Serbia was not a product of fatalism, fecklessness, or incompetence. Whether to preempt any possibility of a solution to the south Slavic question within Habsburg borders, or from murkier motives with domestic roots, Serbia, by not repudiating the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, had offered…
Oesterreichische Flugzeugfabrik AGÂ (Oeffag)
WWI Albatros D. III as Flown by Josef Kiss Oeffag C.II Oeffag/Mickl Type H At the end of 1913, with the winds of war starting to blow through Europe, the Daimler Motoren AG Company, who were a subsidiary of Skodawerke AG, applied to the council in Wiener-Neustadt to build an…
Kunersdorf 1759 Part I
732118 Frederick, once he had decided to march to the Oder, was swift about it. August 3, 1959 admitting he had failed to intercept Laudon, he pushed on towards MĂŒllrose (within 12 miles of Frankfurt). Here he gave Wedell instructions to move what remained of his army to that village.…