Habsburg Army Research Articles

The Habsburg Army and the Nationality Problem in the Nineteenth Century, 1815–1914

Historians are generally agreed that until the very end of the Habsburg monarchy the army constituted one of the main pillars of the multinational empire.2Even so, the view that the armed might was always a reliable instrument of the established order and that it was largely unaffected by the nationality problem cannot be accepted. On the contrary, throughout the period from 1815 to 1914 the nationality problem was constantly present in the army. On occasion, as in 1848–49, it actually divided the army against itself; at other times it corroded the loyalty of some contingents, and it often influenced political, administrative, strategic, and even tactical decisions. After 1867 the status of the Hungarian forces within the Dual Monarchy became one of the most crucial, and at the same time one of the most vexing, problems of the empire.

Das Nationalitätenproblem in Habsburgs Wehrmacht 1848—1918

No AccessDas Nationalitätenproblem in Habsburgs Wehrmacht 1848—1918Rudolf KiszlingRudolf KiszlingSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:Jan 2019https://doi.org/10.7767/dnrm.1959.4.jg.82SectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail About Previous article Next article FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited byThe Habsburg Army and the Nationality Problem in the Nineteenth Century, 1815–191410 February 2009 | Austrian History Yearbook, Vol. 3, No. 1The Germans as an Integrating and Disintegrating Force10 February 2009 | Austrian History Yearbook, Vol. 3, No. 1 Download book coverVolume 4Issue JGDecember 1959 ISSN: 0012-5415eISSN: 2307-289XHistoryPublished online:January 2019 PDF download