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The First World War’s Eastern Front Trail in Małop...

The First World War’s Eastern Front Trail in the Małopolska Regionencompasses places, which in the years 1914-1915, were a theatre of keymilitary operations between the Austro-Hungarian and German...

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Air Force

The Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops established in the 1890s and initially deploying balloons and airships (zeppelins) for military purposes, were an integral part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

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Life in Galicia

Not only political life did dominate Galicia, but cultural life also flourished in towns and cities; and Kraków and Lemberg became main centres of Polish culture. The years preceding the outbreak ...

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Małopolska on the Eve of the Great War

If one had a look at a political map of Europe in 1914, e.g. the map issued in the famous Berlin publishing house Pharus Verlag G.m.b.H. Berlin, instead of several contemporary independent states ...

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Great Armies

In the summer of 1914 the armies of three powers confronted one anotherat the Eastern Front. The mighty Russian army was above all countered bythe much smaller Austro-Hungarian forces, since the G...

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The Eastern Front in Małopolska

In 1914 Małopolska became the arena of war operations on the EasternFront of the First World War. The Russians began the military operationsin this area with carrying out a hurricane attack, aimed...

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The Małopolska Path to Independence

The political atmosphere of Galicia in the years preceding the outbreak of the First World War was very heated.

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The Architects of the Great War

Private soldiers and lower-rank commanders fought in the battlefields of the First World War. However, the key decisions about the offensives, sieges, and marches were made by marshals and general...

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War Cemeteries

The Great War rolled through the Małopolska Region in the years 1914–1915 and took a terrible toll among the soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian and Russian armies. Those killed in action and those w...

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Kraków Fortress

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