WWI Factions: The Austro-Hungarian Army

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  • Faction: The Austro-Hungarian Army
    The First World War
    Austria and Hungary both had their own standing armies. In 1914 Austria had 40,000 soldiers and Hungary, 30,000.
    The Imperial and Royal Army made up a further 350,000 men and gave their allegiance direct to Emperor Franz Josef.
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  • @canethesquire
    @canethesquire 4 роки тому +623

    Austrian Generals: “Our Army doesn’t work! It’s completely messed up!”
    Franz-Josef: “Have you tried turning it off and on again?”

    • @kommisaryeltsin2781
      @kommisaryeltsin2781 4 роки тому +12

      You made my day 😂

    • @gatsbymaguire
      @gatsbymaguire 3 роки тому +5

      Lmao

    • @urosmarjanovic663
      @urosmarjanovic663 3 роки тому +26

      Unfortunately, Franz-Jozef didn't reboot after being turned off.

    • @brokenmonitertheonly
      @brokenmonitertheonly 3 роки тому +6

      @@urosmarjanovic663 I experienced the same thing in a lower region

    • @Soap.--
      @Soap.-- 2 роки тому +2

      this is the reason why countries often attempt to purge natives and replace them with their people when conquering new land

  • @leonst.7471
    @leonst.7471 7 років тому +1946

    My Grandgrandpa fought for Austria-Hungary and he survived.
    (Croatia)

    • @Lugrer3113
      @Lugrer3113 5 років тому +24

      @HONKHONK I moj također.

    • @DrHydra47
      @DrHydra47 5 років тому +100

      My great grandfather on my grandmas behalf fought for Germany in WWI and survived but was in shell shock for 3 years

    • @Lugrer3113
      @Lugrer3113 5 років тому +46

      @@КочаПоповић-у4с Ne baš, on je ratovao u galiciji protiv rusa, pa kasnije protiv talijana u tirolu tako da si se malo zeznuo.
      Nema potrebe za mržnjom brate prošlo je 100 godina od toga.

    • @vukmilinkovic7746
      @vukmilinkovic7746 5 років тому +9

      @@КочаПоповић-у4с ,I moj isto ,na Solunskom frontu ,umro je 1970,ziveo je u bosni Ali se odselio u vojvodinu posle rata

    • @nsk370
      @nsk370 5 років тому +26

      My Greatgrandfather fought in WW1 too, surivuved, and in WW2 fought the invadors as a partisan, being a local commander. He was from Croatian Istria.

  • @Romaboo680
    @Romaboo680 3 роки тому +571

    Austria-Hungary: Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with a Turk
    Ottoman Empire: What about side by side with a friend?
    Austria-Hungary: Aye. I could do that.

    • @KolbyYT
      @KolbyYT 3 роки тому +8

      Hungária win

    • @juststop4340
      @juststop4340 3 роки тому +4

      @Talha Javaid or surrender in the same war

    • @samubart4730
      @samubart4730 3 роки тому +4

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @SuperWesty177
      @SuperWesty177 3 роки тому +4

      Thats gold 🤣

    • @liamanderson5703
      @liamanderson5703 2 роки тому +2

      i've seen a comment similar to this already please don't do this

  • @Parabellum92
    @Parabellum92 7 років тому +348

    My great grandfather was a Czech grenadier attached to Heeresgruppe Südtirol who survived Caporetto. He survived a gunshot wound, and a grenade after his squad was completely wiped out. He held me when I was a baby but I never got the chance to meet him, although he never did speak much of his army years. The stories he probably had.

    • @carlo8641
      @carlo8641 5 років тому +13

      Wow, respect.

    • @mergenmunkh7691
      @mergenmunkh7691 5 років тому +4

      so you‘re about 90-100 years old?

    • @Smokycashew
      @Smokycashew 5 років тому +5

      itzBudm you dont know maths

    • @mergenmunkh7691
      @mergenmunkh7691 5 років тому +1

      Smokycashew58 58 the first World War was from 1914-1918 (im not absolutely sure ok) when he was a baby in the first World War and he lives still in 2019 so he must be 90-100 Years if it’s true

    • @somebadpainter1120
      @somebadpainter1120 5 років тому +1

      ItzBudm his great grandfather not him he said his grandfather was oofed

  • @DragonActual
    @DragonActual 7 років тому +1828

    1:05 playing csgo in Europe in a nutshell

    • @crazyepicfortnitegamer8426
      @crazyepicfortnitegamer8426 6 років тому +32

      Microsoft Regime xD

    • @KrokLP
      @KrokLP 6 років тому +23

      Keep the politics away and don't call 100+ million people you never even saw "degenerate". Or would you like to be called a nationalistic Inuit?

    • @KrokLP
      @KrokLP 6 років тому +11

      Yeah, it obviously was autocorrect. Well. If you don't like the players just mute them all or don't play. Well. I'm not surprised as Lithuanian is not really a major language in Eastern Europe.

    • @KrokLP
      @KrokLP 6 років тому +12

      Dude. He just made a joke because he can't understand them. You call a whole freaking country degenerated! Guess what! Csgo is not really known for its intellectual discussions and tactical planning

    • @tatianadashkova2143
      @tatianadashkova2143 6 років тому +8

      Emperor Of Lithuania as a Russian I can say that my country patriots make me cry. P.S I like EU

  • @erebus7306
    @erebus7306 7 років тому +2232

    Don't forget it took the italians 12 tries to win the Battle of Isonzo

    • @Nyx-kb7ze
      @Nyx-kb7ze 6 років тому +200

      But it took 1 attempt to take Vittorio veneto, just because we simply got rid of Cadorna

    • @rak2495
      @rak2495 6 років тому +117

      Do you know geography of the battlefields in the alps?

    • @benmelozz8699
      @benmelozz8699 5 років тому +41

      rak do you remember the Battle of Caporetto

    • @simonc2646
      @simonc2646 5 років тому +33

      @@benmelozz8699 Did you remember your lost and destruction in November '18? We still celebrate that day.

    • @generalgrievous9987
      @generalgrievous9987 5 років тому +50

      @@simonc2646 yeah as they remember your treachery on the war

  • @GuyInBlackClothes
    @GuyInBlackClothes 7 років тому +1332

    dude.....man I feel bad for this army. It's moral was very low.

    • @ReStOrEd2000CZE
      @ReStOrEd2000CZE 7 років тому +55

      Binary Records
      We didn't want attack Russians, so instead we joined them... We helped Serbs as well...

    • @lacientertaintment3325
      @lacientertaintment3325 6 років тому +2

      *cold war*

    • @matthiuskoenig3378
      @matthiuskoenig3378 6 років тому +26

      also in Croatian divisions were high moral. supposedly also in Slovakian divisions

    • @charliechuckles2218
      @charliechuckles2218 6 років тому +55

      Why multiculturalism doesn’t work

    • @martind5653
      @martind5653 6 років тому +38

      Czech desertion is myth, around 90% of Czech soldier stayed loyal to Kaiser.

  • @IgorPetrovich96
    @IgorPetrovich96 7 років тому +430

    My great grandfathe fought in the Ukrainian division of the Austro-Hungarian army called the 'Sich Rifflemen'. He was made a POW by the Russians and brought to a camp in the Siberian city of Samara. During the Russian revolution the Bolsheviks seized the camp and freed all the POW's. He himself returned to western-Ukraine in the 1930's.

    • @milanotovic8223
      @milanotovic8223 7 років тому +5

      Another traitor to your own people. I am waiting for my gf to wake up as her language is more similar to yours so she can translate the word TRAITOR!

    • @IgorPetrovich96
      @IgorPetrovich96 7 років тому +73

      Lol how is serving in a Ukrainian division being a traitor? Austria and Germany supported Ukrainian independence in WW1

    • @knightofliberty9297
      @knightofliberty9297 6 років тому +33

      IgorPetrovich96
      My great grandfather fought in the Austro-Hungarian Army legion called "Legiony Polskie". After the end of the war, he fought in the Polish-Ukrainian war, in the Lviv defense.
      Honestly, if the Central Powers won WW1, Polish-Ukranian relationships would be better. Greetings to the brave Січові Стрічці from Poland!

    • @oilersridersbluejays
      @oilersridersbluejays 5 років тому +5

      Some of my ancestors came from Bukovina. My great grandfather was German and my great grandmother was Ukrainian and both came from Bukovina. Cheers!

    • @IgorPetrovich96
      @IgorPetrovich96 5 років тому +8

      @@knightofliberty9297 they would be beter but would our countries be free? I doubt it.

  • @7bodysnatchers7
    @7bodysnatchers7 7 років тому +1417

    HOW MANY AUSTRIANS ARE NAMED FRANZ?!

    • @phinkle
      @phinkle 7 років тому +118

      A lot

    • @armageddon8538
      @armageddon8538 7 років тому +62

      Nathan Hudgins I'm Austrian and I never met a "Franz".

    • @gardist
      @gardist 7 років тому +51

      In royal families people often have similar names

    • @datairshipcaptain84
      @datairshipcaptain84 7 років тому +70

      I am an Austrian. Yes we have a lot of Franz here. I alone know three.

    • @rivaraptor4277
      @rivaraptor4277 7 років тому +34

      Kind of like how the US has a lot of Johns

  • @LapizLazu1i
    @LapizLazu1i 7 років тому +1369

    Weren't the "Allies" of WW1 actually called "Entente"?

    • @dwayne523
      @dwayne523 7 років тому +75

      Yea but the minor nations were called little Entente's

    • @u121386
      @u121386 6 років тому +98

      Oh, and the entente was between Britain, France and Russia. and Because other countries joined the the war on the allied side such as Serbia or the United States, they couldn’t call it a “Entente” anymore

    • @aidanator8008
      @aidanator8008 6 років тому +15

      Yeah, it started out as that when it was just Britain, France and Russia but then as countries such as Italy and the United States joined they changed it to the Allies.

    • @lucastock1279
      @lucastock1279 6 років тому +3

      Kowalski yes they were called Triple entende

    • @demoniqpng8623
      @demoniqpng8623 6 років тому +6

      La Triple Entente

  • @thenationaltimelyactionhou9328
    @thenationaltimelyactionhou9328 4 роки тому +198

    Germany to Austria after WW1: “Hold on, this whole operation was your idea!”

    • @baumerrr
      @baumerrr 3 роки тому +16

      The serbians: i think i'm gonna leave now

  • @thesaltybarnacle
    @thesaltybarnacle 5 років тому +119

    Proud of my Great-Grandfather who fought in the Austro-Hungarian Calvary. Many WW1 veterans were shunned upon after the war which was a shame, Everyone who fought in the war should have been respected.

    • @thewordoflynx8095
      @thewordoflynx8095 3 роки тому +13

      @John Smith Anyone who put up with the horrendous conditions of trench warfare had serious balls and deserves to be respected no matter where they're from

    • @thesaltybarnacle
      @thesaltybarnacle 3 роки тому +8

      @John Smith I thought it would be obvious to most that I meant good-willed, morally upstanding veterans from all nations alike.

  • @alanmaclaren4118
    @alanmaclaren4118 5 років тому +356

    1:05
    Officer: THE ENEMY IS ADVANCING WE GOTTA HOLD THEM OFF
    soldiers: wUt?!?

    • @winchesterchua3311
      @winchesterchua3311 4 роки тому +8

      You speak Austrian?

    • @lorzah2772
      @lorzah2772 4 роки тому +40

      Winchester Chua I think he speaks German since the officer was speaking german

    • @FFF034
      @FFF034 4 роки тому +26

      Winchester Chua aha yes the austrian language, very similar to german, some may say their the same!

    • @porchofgeese_crockpot
      @porchofgeese_crockpot 4 роки тому +13

      @@FFF034 well, it's a dialect of German. Austro-Bavarian

    • @planet_earth936
      @planet_earth936 4 роки тому +8

      Those are actually the German voices from call of duty 2.

  • @gabrielkepiro474
    @gabrielkepiro474 3 роки тому +38

    My grandfather was a Hungarian hussar ww1. .. part of the elite regiment... real superman.. very proud ferociously proud

  • @hp8658
    @hp8658 7 років тому +497

    2:13 isn't that the battlefield 1 kill sound?

    • @kyro2994
      @kyro2994 7 років тому +4

      yea i guess

    • @shuhratkessikbayev8886
      @shuhratkessikbayev8886 7 років тому +3

      HP TheDallasPayday Yea it is

    • @Gingerninja800
      @Gingerninja800 7 років тому +15

      i feel he catered this to bf1 fans recently. Good thing too, getting all dem kiddies interested in ww1

    • @gunman762
      @gunman762 7 років тому +7

      +Gingerninja800
      kiddies? lmao sorry to correct you but all the kiddies are playing infinite warfare. i have actually always been interested in war eras since i was 10

    • @赤青白
      @赤青白 7 років тому +2

      LOLILIQUIDATOR69 wow you're a special snowflake. wanna fucking medal or something? No one gives a fuck if you like history, Battlefield and Cod are for little children, end of story.

  • @paulnash6944
    @paulnash6944 5 років тому +290

    Dad: You want to cry? I’ll give you something to cry about!
    *The dissolution of Austria-Hungary.*

    • @dyslexicmidget1344
      @dyslexicmidget1344 4 роки тому +9

      Dear god...

    • @kubajcz
      @kubajcz 4 роки тому +8

      Not funny i think you arent from there so you just like big empires but dont care about opressed nations

    • @dyslexicmidget1344
      @dyslexicmidget1344 4 роки тому +25

      @@kubajcz aight, but first i got to find who tf asked

    • @paulnash6944
      @paulnash6944 4 роки тому +4

      Kubaj CZ 🚕 Hop in, we’re gonna find who asked!

    • @kubajcz
      @kubajcz 4 роки тому +2

      I dont care you didnt asked. Nobody asked for this stupid "joke"

  • @andrashorvath6300
    @andrashorvath6300 3 роки тому +26

    Two of my (Hungarian) great-great grandfathers served in the Great War, one of them in the KuK (common army) and the other in the Hungarian Honvédség. My grandpa always told me that even decades after the end of the war, they still argued which army was the one that was responsible for losing the war.

  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  7 років тому +684

    The Austro-Hungary Army had a diverse group of nationalities which could cause problems in speed of command. Lets have a look at this force in the First World War.
    And remember to keep the conversation civil. :)

    • @historywithhilbert146
      @historywithhilbert146 7 років тому +14

      Really enjoyed the video, thanks for making it! How did the Austro-Hungarian Command try to get around the problems of having such a diverse group of soldiers fighting for them? Did they ensure their commanders were fluent in the languages of their battalion or did they simply create ethnic battalions with a commander of the same ethnic group who could then give orders in their native language? I'd be interested to know the answer :) Cheers!

    • @Sudungarn
      @Sudungarn 7 років тому +18

      Hungarians were always very good German speakers, it was the second language of Hungary, like English is today. So the most of the units spoke (Germans and Huns) very good German. Even in WW2 Hun soldiers fighting alongside Germans had no problems understanding their comrades.
      I can't speak for other nationalities of the Empire, because i'm not sure how they managed, guess you couldn't really get far in the ranks if you spoke only your mother tongue.

    • @tnwilley
      @tnwilley 7 років тому +4

      Simple History do the USA 🇺🇸 army

    • @thehistorynerd8537
      @thehistorynerd8537 7 років тому +3

      Yeah but tell that to their other ethnic groups :P

    • @bancibano2555
      @bancibano2555 7 років тому +1

      Simple History Can you do the Serbian Army soon.

  • @CT-Polski
    @CT-Polski 4 роки тому +114

    Fun fact: In Austria-Hungary there were Polish Legions by Józef Pisludski.

  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  7 років тому +688

    Did you spot the easter egg?

    • @methgorillazz
      @methgorillazz 7 років тому +11

      ???? no

    • @cloudshelf9052
      @cloudshelf9052 7 років тому +9

      Simple History what Easter egg

    • @Simplehistory
      @Simplehistory  7 років тому +154

      It is made of paper

    • @007rocks1
      @007rocks1 7 років тому +204

      At 2:14 the sound is the same sound as getting a kill in battlefield 1

    • @el_de_enmedio
      @el_de_enmedio 7 років тому +9

      Simple History bf1?

  • @mateturu9203
    @mateturu9203 7 років тому +486

    We still made the Hellriegel.

    • @FC-fo4uz
      @FC-fo4uz 7 років тому +60

      Sander Virus But is was never used in The Great War. It whas a prototype.

    • @mateturu9203
      @mateturu9203 7 років тому +39

      Gamez Trickz it was still badass!

    • @FC-fo4uz
      @FC-fo4uz 7 років тому +6

      Sander Virus Yep!

    • @mateturu9203
      @mateturu9203 7 років тому +1

      Hey, that's pretty good Me unlocking the hellriegel: Hey that's pretty good

    • @bighaas435
      @bighaas435 7 років тому +11

      Sander Virus got that right! Austria forever!

  • @uncleunicode7871
    @uncleunicode7871 7 років тому +33

    You guys deserve more recognition, these videos are really well made, keep up the good work!

  • @bumarangnebula765
    @bumarangnebula765 2 роки тому +9

    Austria-Hungary in WW1 :
    August, 1 1914 :
    Population : 53.100.000
    Army Size : 435.000 Men
    -
    Mobilized Men : 7.800.000
    (29.8% of the Male Population)
    Structure of Austro-Hungarian Army at November, 4 1918 :
    At the Front : 1.380.000
    In the Navy : 70.000
    Rearward : 1.700.000
    (in Austria-Hungary, in the Ukraine, in Belarus, in Poland)
    = 3.150.000
    Losses :
    Dead or Missed : 1.016.000
    Wounded : 1.943.000
    Prisoners of War : 1.691.000
    = 4.650.000

  • @ziggyzap1
    @ziggyzap1 7 років тому +9

    When I play Battlefield 1 I love using the Austro-Hungarian M1895 rifle, my father's side of the family is from the Czech Republic, then under Austria-Hungary was referred to as "Lands of the Bohemian Crown" so when it comes to world war one my allegiance will always belong to Austria-Hungary

    • @feden6840
      @feden6840 7 років тому

      Hey, that's pretty good
      Italians won

  • @utahraptor4729874
    @utahraptor4729874 7 років тому +640

    Monte Grappa is the best map.

    • @groovestreet4783
      @groovestreet4783 7 років тому +2

      Товарищ Ютараптор tru

    • @joshdobbs23
      @joshdobbs23 7 років тому +9

      Товарищ Ютараптор hell no

    • @minigunuser25
      @minigunuser25 7 років тому +36

      My only issue with the map is the AA can shoot planes from retarded distances sometimes, but that happens on most maps so oh well. Life as a pilot is hard in bf1

    • @501_DPSZ
      @501_DPSZ 7 років тому +7

      RIA RIA HUNGARIA!
      :D

    • @groovestreet4783
      @groovestreet4783 7 років тому +4

      Péter Dzsaja :D

  • @Tindreal
    @Tindreal 3 роки тому +42

    Commander: Greife den Feind an, töte sie alle!
    Soldier 1: Ti értettétek, hogy mit mondott?
    Soldier 2: Moje matka poslala závin, klidně jíst!
    Soldier 3: Eu am plecat de aici!

    • @Hy-jg8ow
      @Hy-jg8ow 2 роки тому +4

      Haha :)

    • @silvio1894
      @silvio1894 2 роки тому +1

      Soldier 4: Što kaže komandant?

  • @MenschMair
    @MenschMair 7 років тому +491

    I'm still alive.

    • @HaNNibal97smiTH
      @HaNNibal97smiTH 7 років тому +25

      Hail to the Kaiser!

    • @Hidensee
      @Hidensee 7 років тому +27

      Finaly, it is time take down EU. And rebuild Austro-Hungaria Empire!!! Za Císaře pána!!!

    • @darkeffect
      @darkeffect 7 років тому

      hey Majesty did it worth it?:)

    • @dienosisjuicymate4175
      @dienosisjuicymate4175 6 років тому +1

      Austrian Nationalist geil

    • @UncleRuckusEnjoyer
      @UncleRuckusEnjoyer 6 років тому +2

      Make Austro-Hungary great again.

  • @TwentythreePER
    @TwentythreePER 7 років тому +13

    Good job illustrating the weapons used by the Austro-Hungarians. I see the Mannlicher M95 rifle and the Steyr-Hann pistol.

  • @merrickpoo3779
    @merrickpoo3779 7 років тому +95

    My great grandpa was in the Austria hungry army and fought in the Air Force in a loner b vii plane

    • @p.f.886
      @p.f.886 6 років тому +13

      Oh I am sorry, I hope he wasn't anymore hungry when war ended. I hope he got something to eat.

    • @itssargintime7242
      @itssargintime7242 5 років тому +7

      It's spelled Hungary and not hungry

    • @edgarratsep3631
      @edgarratsep3631 5 років тому +7

      Was so hungry he ate the letter

    • @911Maci
      @911Maci 4 роки тому +4

      @@itssargintime7242 he must be from romania people there are pretty hungry

  • @aronlengyel8614
    @aronlengyel8614 4 роки тому +15

    My great grandfather fought on the italian front! It wasn't our war, but we payed the heavy price for it. Greetings from Hungary

  • @BodyCounter
    @BodyCounter 5 років тому +43

    Despite their short-comings, the battle of Caporetto and the Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive
    should have been mentioned as Austria-Hungary's most notable victories.

  • @sebthetall2805
    @sebthetall2805 5 років тому +50

    Russia: you can't belive how many men I lost!
    Austria-Hungary: hlod my beer,bolsevik!

    • @Gun_Metal_Grey
      @Gun_Metal_Grey 4 роки тому +5

      But...Russian Empire werent consisting of bolsheviks until 1917

    • @kommisaryeltsin2781
      @kommisaryeltsin2781 4 роки тому +4

      @@Gun_Metal_Grey then it is: halt mein bier, ruszka ( we called the russians ruszka not russian )

    • @Gben-jr5mo
      @Gben-jr5mo 3 роки тому

      Hungarians doesn't drink beer, they drink pálinka

  • @missymiami6798
    @missymiami6798 3 роки тому +6

    German Officer: *CHARGE!*
    Bosnian,Croation,Italian,Polish,Ukraine,Hungarian,Czech and slovak,Romanian: uh.... what?

  • @shaddam4978
    @shaddam4978 5 років тому +20

    My great grandfather served under the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, a Slovak. He was shot through his side cheek on his head but survived, he was taken hostage by the Russians and then was used for protecting the Siberian Railway from the Communists, only until Austria Hungaria Fell appart And Czechoslovakia was formed they returned and formed the first of the Czechoslovakian military.

  • @microflex1227
    @microflex1227 7 років тому +90

    Thank you so much!Greetings from Hungary!

  • @miguelmontenegro3520
    @miguelmontenegro3520 4 роки тому +9

    Who is the greatest legend? Konrad's winter offensives, or Cadorna's infinite battles of the Isonzo?

  • @ToyotaTacomaV6
    @ToyotaTacomaV6 2 роки тому +4

    My great great Italian grandfather fought in the Austro-Hungarian army in 1916. My dad told me that he was taken POW in 1918, shortly before the war ended.

  • @kaidensmith2670
    @kaidensmith2670 6 років тому +8

    I love how at the end u put the battlefield sound when u kill someone in multiplayer

  • @tommyboy1509
    @tommyboy1509 7 років тому +4

    Good vids you appeared on reccommended now cant stop watching your vids

  • @hughmcaloon6506
    @hughmcaloon6506 7 років тому +48

    so many languages!

    • @supersev2001
      @supersev2001 7 років тому +5

      but most of them were loyal,

    • @valentinmitterbauer4196
      @valentinmitterbauer4196 5 років тому +1

      If they would have been able to see into the future they wouldn't have done this. The nations that once formed Austria- Hungary all suddenly lacked quality of life, with most of them becoming dictatorships, since some politicians promised only so much. Even austria, that came away rather decent compared to the other parts (except from loosing land with ethnic austrian popoluation majority, most of it to this day) fell into a christian- conservative authoritarian pit before it got occupied and annexed by germany.
      After that all countries of the old monarchy except from austria and what now belongs to italy got strangled by sovjet communism and the iron curtain. Czech lands for example, that once held the majority of the Austria- Hungarian industrial power, got hit so hard that it took them just untill recent decades to get back on an equal level with austria. Meanwhile Yugoslavia had only one thing that held it together: Tito. After him Austria- Hungary's history kind of repeated itself sadly there. And the aftermath of sovjet reign you can see at romania and other parts to this day.
      I don't want to glorify the empire. Franz Joseph I was an old blockhead, unable to adapt to new times or even to hold onto the old austrian policies of (more ore less) warless expansion (also because austria never was the best at war, at least without help). All i want to say is that there was a chance that everything would've went another road. Maybe the empire eventually still collapsed, but without handleing its children over to Stalin, Hitler and Mussolini on a silver platter.

    • @Techn1kal
      @Techn1kal 5 років тому

      @@efftohd
      Yeah right there were only slovaks and czechs in czechslovakia, no other ethnicity at all

    • @tefky7964
      @tefky7964 5 років тому +3

      @@efftohd Only Germans were in Czechoslovakia more than Slovaks. This is why we were transformed into nation of Czechoslovakians and not into state with Czechs and Slovaks-if Germans were second the biggest population in state,it would be federation between Czechs and Germans,but as Czechoslovaks we were with reserve the biggest part of state population,so we could ,,ignore" German minority more.

    • @thegoodgoat4653
      @thegoodgoat4653 4 роки тому

      @@efftohd yeah right so there were no Hungarians in southern slovakia. More then 10% still declare themself as hungarians and more then 15% said that hungarian was their mother language. And in 1920 there were WAY more, because after the war Hungarians were opressed and deported.

  • @mitsubishi777
    @mitsubishi777 3 роки тому +12

    The Austro-Hungarian Empire is like mini EU.

  • @faze4968
    @faze4968 7 років тому +394

    Is the Easter egg your book behind the poster at 1:00?

  • @Xer35
    @Xer35 4 роки тому +26

    Austro-Hungarian soldiers rest in peace🖤

  • @Tedd-r2e
    @Tedd-r2e 6 років тому +20

    1:06 me to my foreign team in battlefield 1

  • @kfji2501
    @kfji2501 6 років тому +14

    Vastehst Ja eh!
    vor 1 Sekunde
    Thank you for fighting along our side, hungarian, , czech, slowaks, croatians, slovenian, romanian, polish, ukranian, bosnian, german and partly italian brothers. My respect and salute to you. Next time we fight together, we will win.

  • @longboi8540
    @longboi8540 6 років тому +7

    I actually own a Steyr M95 straight pull rifle used in the 1st and 2nd world war from the austro-hungarian empire!

  • @JoSheperd
    @JoSheperd Рік тому +3

    *The grandpa of my grandpa was German from Siebenbürgen in Austria Hungary and fought against the Serbs in WW1. In one battle he had to kill a Serbian in close combat and took the saber he was attacked with home with him. As a kid I always found it cool and then I realized how traumatizing everything must have been, killing a human being in actual combat, getting attacked with an actual sword and not a gun....*

  • @Mehdinachky
    @Mehdinachky 2 роки тому +3

    Two of my great grandfathers fought for Austro-Hungarian army. Both had high ranks and awards. They were tall and strong. One fought on the Russian front, other one on Salonian front. They were from Bosnia and muslims also.

  • @jonesindiana5320
    @jonesindiana5320 5 років тому +11

    Please make video for hungarian army in WW2!

  • @adielomarsandoval5226
    @adielomarsandoval5226 3 роки тому +1

    I love how at 0:48 he says Italy.

  • @masterPlol
    @masterPlol 7 років тому +300

    Allies? You mean Triple Entente.

    • @Simplehistory
      @Simplehistory  7 років тому +96

      Triple Entente is more for when it was just Great Britain, France and Russia

    • @solucoesedetonadosv2
      @solucoesedetonadosv2 7 років тому +16

      But the problem is that the Alliance of The German Empire, The Ottoman House, The Bulgarian Kingdom and Austro Hungarian Empire was named Triplice Alliance, they were the "Allies"

    • @Laikon24
      @Laikon24 7 років тому

      Get your facts straight. Alliance is called everyone who fought on the side of the triple entente, which was formed by france, GB and russia, that includes serbia and others who joined later aswell. The "alliance" of the german empire and ottoman empire is called Axis

    • @solucoesedetonadosv2
      @solucoesedetonadosv2 7 років тому +7

      Yes, but before when The German Empire, The Kingdom of Italy and The Austro Hungarian Empire were in the Triple Alliancce, that started the war, but without Italy, and later when The Ottoman House and Kingdom Of Bulgaria joined they became The Central Powers.

    • @untiedstates978
      @untiedstates978 7 років тому +1

      Novizio Novizio YES HE DID IDIOT HOW DO YOU THINK HE KNOWS ALL THIS

  • @tomaskrutilek7848
    @tomaskrutilek7848 7 років тому +101

    Please create Czechoslovak legions in Russia (fight on the Trans-Siberian Railway) or all history of Czechoslovak army (from Czechoslovak regions abroad in the WWI to end of Czechoslovakia in 1939.) It is not long, but interesting. Thank you :)

    • @ReStOrEd2000CZE
      @ReStOrEd2000CZE 7 років тому +6

      Tomáš Krutílek Neasi, divím se že nic tady o nás není

    • @apolloncz2763
      @apolloncz2763 7 років тому +3

      Také bych o tom něco rád viděl

    • @alphasquadleaderb9859
      @alphasquadleaderb9859 6 років тому +7

      Asi tak.
      Ukázal jen jak se naši vzdali, ale to jaký to byli bojovníci to ne.

    • @reaper1289
      @reaper1289 6 років тому

      English, plz

    • @petrsukenik9266
      @petrsukenik9266 6 років тому +7

      Reaper 12 they are talking about video that this wideo show that czech surrender but not that some were fighting on russia and itali side (Majoryty of czechs fight in austria army but some change side it was strong argument for independent czechoslovakia in 1918)

  • @Aegis---
    @Aegis--- 3 роки тому +5

    Not gonna lie, I think the austro-hungarian empire is the most underrated of all empires in history

  • @tyrson9536
    @tyrson9536 7 років тому +54

    my grandpa fought at isonzo front as austro hungarian he was croat

    • @tyrson9536
      @tyrson9536 7 років тому +9

      Manny Belgrano. he killed half of fucking front and was given iron cross no joke

    • @mihajlopanic3166
      @mihajlopanic3166 7 років тому

      David Kezic ostroga ti?

    • @tyrson9536
      @tyrson9536 7 років тому +1

      Mihajlo Panic ???

    • @milanotovic8223
      @milanotovic8223 7 років тому +1

      I would be embarrassed to brag about traitors to their own group of people.

    • @incosy
      @incosy 7 років тому +6

      David Kezic My grand granddad fought at isonzo and doberdo aswell. (Hungarian) We have a book about the hungarian army history and theres a picture and some sentences about him. We also have his medals! :)

  • @SCP--jk4vi
    @SCP--jk4vi 6 років тому +9

    "Anzifour!!"
    - Astro-Hungarian German Speaking Officer

    • @KREZERO_
      @KREZERO_ 5 років тому +10

      He said "Gehen sie vor!"
      Which means "Go ahead"

  • @SkittleStudios
    @SkittleStudios 3 роки тому +3

    0:36 lmao he Reminds me of Doctor Eggman from Sonic the Hedgehog

  • @justsomeguy3931
    @justsomeguy3931 4 роки тому +2

    The world needs more movies, shows, games, books, etc set in this. More documentaries and research needs to be made on this subject. In most tellings of WW1, it's like those 1.54 million people and their comrades didn't even exist...

  • @tdonovan3800
    @tdonovan3800 7 років тому +9

    My great grandpa was a doctor for the Austria-Hungarian army during WW1. He was a Ukrainian in a very famous battalion that fought in Russia, but what was so special is that they helped create Ukraine's army after World War 1.

  • @hubertwolanin3989
    @hubertwolanin3989 4 роки тому +2

    My great-grandfather Dominik Wolanin (Polish) fought in WWI and survived.

  • @joey8062
    @joey8062 6 років тому +17

    what about their role in the Romanian and Caporetto campaigns? They did pretty well in my opinion.

    • @spicy9840
      @spicy9840 6 років тому +2

      joey8062 caporetto was only because of the germans

    • @joey8062
      @joey8062 5 років тому +5

      @@spicy9840 hahaha not a nice way to downgrade everyone of their allies,Germans get way to much credit for everything, and my opinion are overrated just like Britain.

    • @gobytoby123
      @gobytoby123 5 років тому +1

      But Britain is overrated for sure,they had it much easier than the other entene powers

    • @Panzer_kitty
      @Panzer_kitty 4 роки тому

      Shut up you all bitches dont be happy by austro hungary defeated

    • @TheAustrianAnimations87
      @TheAustrianAnimations87 3 роки тому +3

      @@joey8062 Germany supported Austria-Hungary at Caporetto, but the majority of troops were Austrians.
      And Austria is underrated, despite setbacks.

  • @sheev2829
    @sheev2829 6 років тому +1

    My great great grandfather fought for the Austro-Hungarian Army in the start of WW1 until he was injured around 1915-1916. he then moved to Switzerland.

  • @akospeter6197
    @akospeter6197 7 років тому +5

    Im hungarian and this things about the austro-hungarian army is very interesting

    • @datairshipcaptain84
      @datairshipcaptain84 7 років тому +1

      I'm from Austria, one of my relatives fought(and died) on the italian front as well. It may have been the cruelest war ever, but it also was the most interesting one imo.

  • @vladimiriiyichulyanovlenin7920
    @vladimiriiyichulyanovlenin7920 7 років тому +8

    I wouldn't mind Simple History would amke a video about the Polish Legions

  • @tadehus8124
    @tadehus8124 7 років тому +22

    Do this for WW2 plsss

  • @patmarek1222
    @patmarek1222 3 роки тому +2

    German-speaking officer: *gives orders*
    Soldiers speaking 15 different languages: *international confusion*

  • @jovanweismiller7114
    @jovanweismiller7114 5 років тому +7

    The Chief of Staff's name was Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, not Franz Conrad. And Karl never abdicated. He wrote to Friedrich Gustav Piffl, the Archbishop of Vienna: "I did not abdicate, and never will [...] I see my manifesto of 11 November as the equivalent to a cheque which a street thug has forced me to issue at gunpoint [...] I do not feel bound by it in any way whatsoever."[

  • @Killer_B74
    @Killer_B74 2 роки тому +2

    Fun Fact: The Stahlhelms are originated in Austria.

    • @tiagomonteiro130
      @tiagomonteiro130 Рік тому

      Nope it was produced in Austria but Germany came up with the prints and Inspirations from early German gothic knight helmets

  • @3stan479
    @3stan479 7 років тому +16

    I can not believe you mentioned Slovenia

  • @somekindofboy666
    @somekindofboy666 3 роки тому +6

    Simple history, im from Austria im proud 🇦🇹😘😊👍👍

  • @MultiUroX
    @MultiUroX 4 роки тому +6

    when Italy attacket A.H. Slovenians, who were in homeground fought with most resistance.

  • @brokenmonitertheonly
    @brokenmonitertheonly 3 роки тому +1

    2:13 Nice battlefield 1 kill sound

  • @fantasyplayer120
    @fantasyplayer120 7 років тому +42

    A lot of Bosnian people were in this army too

    • @notreme
      @notreme 7 років тому +19

      bosnian people? croats serbs and muslims?

    • @juanfrik2640
      @juanfrik2640 7 років тому +3

      no5tre55 4me yes

    • @abrokenvuvuzela834
      @abrokenvuvuzela834 7 років тому +5

      +no5tre55 4me He probably meant the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Infantry.

    • @zaxxxppe
      @zaxxxppe 7 років тому +6

      Tacno. There are many monuments to Bosnians who fought for the Army in WW1

    • @serb9814
      @serb9814 6 років тому +12

      FantasyPlayer Bosnians didnt exist back than they were Serbs with muslim religion,they are still that today but they say they are new nation

  • @lordvonpozpizil772
    @lordvonpozpizil772 3 роки тому +2

    My great great grandfather was a Officer in ah army and after in Czechoslovakian legion

  • @rastislavslezak9467
    @rastislavslezak9467 7 років тому +16

    make video about czechoslovak legions

  • @jakubsedlak2173
    @jakubsedlak2173 5 років тому +4

    Maybe you could do a followup on Czechoslovak legions and the role they played in Russian civil war; just an idea.

  • @kreatywnynick9180
    @kreatywnynick9180 2 роки тому +3

    History: The austro-hungarian army was ineficient
    Battlefield 1: You want to say that the austro-hungarian army stopped the Brusilow ofensive and defeted the Italy?

  • @rastaman1527
    @rastaman1527 6 років тому +119

    polak, węgier, dwa bratanki. Lengyel, magyar - két jó barát :D

    • @nyilaslili7498
      @nyilaslili7498 4 роки тому +5

      yes but it still sucks for me to think about the (unfair) treaty :/

    • @hungaryworrior6351
      @hungaryworrior6351 4 роки тому +2

      I na sable I na sklanky zdar poľský brat

    • @martongere2302
      @martongere2302 4 роки тому +6

      🇭🇺❤️🇵🇱

  • @hannibalbarca3139
    @hannibalbarca3139 7 років тому +2

    The Siege of Kut Al Amara (7 December 1915 - 29 April 1916), also known as the First Battle of Kut, was the besieging of an 8,000 strong British-Indian garrison in the town of Kut, 160 kilometres (100 mi) south of Baghdad, by the Ottoman Army. In 1915 its population was around 6,500. Following the surrender of the garrison on 29 April 1916, the survivors of the siege were marched to imprisonment at Aleppo, during which many died.[1] Historian Christopher Catherwood has called the siege "the worst defeat of the Allies in World War I".[2] WİKİPEDIA

  • @josephineharkay2901
    @josephineharkay2901 4 роки тому +4

    In times of peace Austria frequently stirred up one nationality against the other that were under their rule (nine of them), in order to prevent their joint rebellion against them. This policy seemed to backfire during WWI. Many nationalities actually disliked one another, and Austria. Why would these soldiers want to fight at all?

  • @Axemantitan
    @Axemantitan 3 роки тому +5

    1:32 Did those Czechs later form the Czechoslovak Legion that fought on the side of the White Army in the Russian Civil War?

  • @makkaipeti
    @makkaipeti 7 років тому +70

    1920.06.04 Trianon :'(

    • @mm-kc5ye
      @mm-kc5ye 7 років тому

      Makkai Péter I think if you dont choose be independent, your treaty will be better.

    • @lampavajanyasha7686
      @lampavajanyasha7686 7 років тому +1

      +Zero Ezreal you are not right bro. 907

    • @mm-kc5ye
      @mm-kc5ye 7 років тому

      Lampavaja Nyasha Why?

    • @lampavajanyasha7686
      @lampavajanyasha7686 7 років тому +7

      +Zero Ezreal it is a long story why, also Hungary didn't really have a choice to fight in WW2, we were dragged into and lost the most...

    • @lampavajanyasha7686
      @lampavajanyasha7686 7 років тому

      +Lampavaja Nyasha *Ww1

  • @sussybaka1409
    @sussybaka1409 2 роки тому +1

    My grandmothers father (on my dads side) was a solider in the Hungarian army, in both ww1 and ww2. He was born In 1898, and got dementia and died in the late 80s. When he died my dad got a red-army pocket watch from ww2 (I guess he took it as a souvenir or something?)

  • @JafuetTheSame
    @JafuetTheSame 7 років тому +3

    austria-hungary had just one army. what was divided was militia (landwehr/honvéd)

  • @onlyinmississippi9449
    @onlyinmississippi9449 Рік тому +2

    By far my favorite army of ww1

  • @bepsi6204
    @bepsi6204 7 років тому +6

    Love this series can you do Ireland please?

    • @adchobby9043
      @adchobby9043 6 років тому +4

      Oh yes..... there were 2 or 3 Irish Cowboys fighting along the Brits.I just forgot it.

  • @austriahungary7697
    @austriahungary7697 3 роки тому +1

    My great grandfather was an Austrian and he fought in ww1

    • @DB-bv7in
      @DB-bv7in 3 роки тому

      My great grandfather was an italian anf fought against austrian

  • @BenKenobi92
    @BenKenobi92 7 років тому +172

    Are Austro-Hungarians sentenced to wearing German uniforms after the stupid Battlefield was released?

    • @Fingered22
      @Fingered22 7 років тому

      wat

    • @BenKenobi92
      @BenKenobi92 7 років тому +51

      These soldiers in the video (and BF) do not have Austro-Hungarian uniforms.

    • @kaisercat6831
      @kaisercat6831 7 років тому

      And how do you know this again?

    • @AEIOU05
      @AEIOU05 7 років тому +80

      Austro-Hungarian Uniforms were mostly blue i know i live like 5 miles from a Museum with Austro Hungarian Uniforms

    • @arturoroldan4839
      @arturoroldan4839 7 років тому +2

      Kade Berrier whats the name of the trenchcoat of the austrohungarian Recon and Support?
      I want to buy it 😁

  • @Darth-Nihilus1
    @Darth-Nihilus1 5 років тому +1

    My great uncle and great grandfather were both in the Austrian Hungarian army in WW1

  • @filipprikryl3612
    @filipprikryl3612 5 років тому +15

    I wanna back Austria - Hungary empire! :)

  • @pierrevargen
    @pierrevargen 6 років тому

    i like that you used the battlefield 1 kill sound at 2:14 :)

  • @bythefireside9447
    @bythefireside9447 7 років тому +12

    Love my lads 👌

  • @mr.no2476
    @mr.no2476 2 роки тому +2

    Fun Fact (it's not fun) a austro-hungarian general who was a croat his name is Svetozar borojevič he was nicknamed Lav Sa Soče which means lion of soce (Soče is the croatian name for the slovenian and italian river) he was nicknamed by his incredible feats at Soce against Italian Forces and There was a battalion that was nicknamed Vražja Batalija Vrag in croatian means devil and batalija battalion so that's it and i forgot the other name for the battalion it's literaly written in my history book

  • @ondrejkohel7687
    @ondrejkohel7687 7 років тому +103

    Watching this video is sad. I want monarchy back.

    • @Daedalus257
      @Daedalus257 7 років тому +1

      Carter Winslow this... this is a joke right?

    • @RowdyClouds
      @RowdyClouds 7 років тому +6

      Ondřej Kohel I mean considering that many nations were more successful as a monarchy than what they became today, it might be a good option. Italy lost so much wealth once they got rid of their king.

    • @christopherj9954
      @christopherj9954 6 років тому +1

      John Kish so do the so called "democracy" but I am not pro monarchy

    • @lacientertaintment3325
      @lacientertaintment3325 6 років тому +5

      That would be awsome :D (im from hungary)

    • @skalel5347
      @skalel5347 6 років тому +2

      Carter Winslow if it is serious, then it's awesome, I would love that :D

  • @caelanreeves9760
    @caelanreeves9760 7 років тому +2

    My 3x great grandpa was part of the Austrian army during WW1 crazy to know he was part of the reason for the First World War. I believe he fought the Italians on the alps, everyone is going to go nuts about BF1 monte grappa now.

  • @wiktorkowalkowska
    @wiktorkowalkowska 4 роки тому +4

    LOVE HUNGARY from Poland ❤❤❤🥺🥺

  • @bukovic1971
    @bukovic1971 10 місяців тому

    famous qoute in WW1
    German general: the situation is serious but not hopeless
    AH - general: the situation is hopeless but not serious

  • @sebastjankoracin7774
    @sebastjankoracin7774 7 років тому +14

    we still won battle for isonzo river italians were utterly crushed there

    • @ShadowViewsOnly
      @ShadowViewsOnly 6 років тому +1

      No we didn't. My grandfather fought at the battle of Isonzó, every italian and gypsy that was able to, fled from the battlefield, and therefore we lost there to the traitor italians.

    • @stevenrivello1678
      @stevenrivello1678 6 років тому

      Shadow0013 yea ok

    • @stevenrivello1678
      @stevenrivello1678 6 років тому

      Shadow0013 bullshit story.

    • @stevenrivello1678
      @stevenrivello1678 6 років тому

      Shadow0013 and it took your pathetic army 12 tries

    • @ShadowViewsOnly
      @ShadowViewsOnly 6 років тому +2

      Your comments are just as pathetic as your Fiat tanks :D

  • @avelus5984
    @avelus5984 5 років тому +1

    Their BF1 uniform design is my favorite.

    • @k_balu-8104
      @k_balu-8104 4 роки тому

      because we acctualy worn those, but without the red

  • @ilnsert
    @ilnsert 4 роки тому +3

    I love how the austrian troops(yes the austrians, under austrian leadership) pretty much walked into the serbian artillery school’s practice ground...

  • @abrahamruiz345
    @abrahamruiz345 6 років тому +2

    Please make a video of the Mexican Armed Forces in World War II. My country didn't participate directly in this War, but the 301st squad (U.S Air Force) in the Philippines is famous in Mexico.
    Please make a video about that.