Austria / Austria-Hungary (AUT/RUM)
Important people from Austria and Austria-Hungary
Articles
aces WWI - Frank Linke-Crawford - Austro-Hungarian Air Force, 27 victories.
aces WWI - Franz Gräser - Austro-Hungarian Air Force, 18 victories
Charles I or Karl I was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, King of Croatia, King of Bohemia, and the last of the monarchs belonging to the House of Habsburg-Lorraine to rule over Austria-Hungary.
He made secret attempts to negotiate Austria-Hungary's exit from the First World War but was unsuccessful. Despite Charles's efforts to preserve the empire by transforming it into a federal union, Austria-Hungary hurtled towards disintegration: Czechoslovakia and the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs were proclaimed, and Hungary broke monarchic ties to Austria by the end of October 1918. Following the Armistice of 11 November 1918, Charles "renounced participation" in state affairs, but did not abdicate. The Republic of German-Austria was proclaimed the following day, and in April 1919 he was formally dethroned by the Austrian Parliament and exiled to Switzerland.
Biography of the cavalry colonel Miroslav Brož, the Russian legionnaire "Starodružiník" and the first republican cavalry officer, the last commander of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment "Siberian".
This descendant of the ancient count's family took part in 33 combat clashes and battles with the enemy during his 50-year military career. Here is his brief biography.
Andrej Hadik came from an old Turčian peasant family, whose first demonstrable ancestors, brothers Tobiáš and Baltazár, lived in Turec at the end of the 16th century. From their descendants came several important evangelical scholars, priests, writers and teachers. His father Michal Hadik served as a captain in the Stefan Dessewffy Hussar Regiment.
One of the first Austro-Hungarian pilots from our territory.
The man who last commanded the so-called "Kornilov Battalion" , otherwise the Czechoslovak Engineering Regiment, which was established in January 1918 on the Don in General Kornilov's Voluntary Army. A man who personally took part in 59 battles with the Bolsheviks.
The traveler, composer and soldier Kryštof Harant made a significant impact on our history " with a gun in his hand ", which also became fatal for him.
During his life, he became the founder of three air forces, three different independent states.
He became a pilot and commander of the Austro-Hungarian Air Force, the Royal Yugoslav Air Force and the Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia. He was not destroyed by the enemies of Austria-Hungary, fascists or communists.
WWI fighter aces of Austria-Hungary
Topics
Russia-Ukraine conflict. Updated continuously.
Show article