by Ana Maria Schiopu | Mar 25, 2019 | Austria, Hungary, World War I in 1918
The idea of the dissolution of the Dual Monarchy was starting to gain serious ground from the middle of 1917 onwards. Its various peoples desired their independence more and more, not resonating with the policy put into practice by the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Even on... by Ciprian Stoleru | Oct 18, 2018 | World War I in 1918
The Austro-Hungarian ambassador to Bucharest, Count Ottokar Czernin, bore a good part of the blame for the unpleasant surprise experienced by the authorities in Vienna when Romania declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Austro-Hungarian ambassador to... by Ciprian Stoleru | Oct 16, 2018 | Hungary, Romania, Russian Empire, World War I in 1918
August 27, 1916. It was three o’clock in the afternoon. Traffic ceased along the border with Austria-Hungary as the roads that led to the frontier were being blocked off one by one from the Romanian side. The Austro-Hungarian border guards were rushing to report:...