WWI From the Austro-Hungarian Perspective | Animated History

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[honeybadgerstudios]

“I’ve invented this thing called an armored tank, it has weapons, is impenetrable to infantry, and no other country in the world has anything like this, you will dominate the battlefield”
Austro-Hungarian war dept: “We’ll take it! But you’re paying for it right????”

[bacon_]

When your officer gives you orders in German but you’re Italian so you ask your NCO but he only speaks Hungarian and your only squad mate speaks only Romanian and most of the regiment deserted already because their Czech and the Polish is drunk talking about socialism and you hear Italian screams from the mountains.
“Guess I’ll die then.”

[jkuhl]

"Undeterred by this sudden display of reason . . ."

- WW1 in a nutshell

[grenadierhaast]

My great grandpa was a Czech shoemaker and was conscripted into the Austro Hungarian military. He fought at Caporetto, was wounded by shrapnel and cared for by nuns. Ended up surviving the whole battle.

[benediktortner]

My Great-Grandfather fought on the Italian front for Austria-Hungary in the war and since they were winning most of the battles, aswell as not being informed what was actually going on, he returned home thinking they had won the war

[danielwang]

Germany is that one teammate in your group project who actually does all the work

[AaA-ryzs]

Germany: Don’t go attack here
Austria-Hungary: How ‘bout I do, anyway.

[awesomehpt]

When you’re playing on multiplayer and it’s not you that’s pulling all the weight during a game.

[alengrm]

As a Slovenian, my great grandpa was sent to South Tyrol where his feet were crushed by rocks but thankfully he made it back and created a family

[HistoryOfRevolutions]

"We learn from history that we do not learn from history"

- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

[rizkiramadhan]

I'm still shaking my head at how idiotic the Austo-Hungarian high command would be to reject such an advanced tank.

[p.b.]

Someone in Hungary said: "We won't be anything further by achieving victory, but we can lose everything by defeat." That's what happened.

[manicdgr]

Fun fact (actually very sad) : The last words of Archduke Franz Ferdinand were something along the lines of: " It's nothing, it's nothing". He was telling that to his wife, to calm her down.

[napoleonibonaparte]

When you can speak German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Italian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, and Bosnian:

*Austrian-Hungarian 100*

[grandrum]

Random assassins: kills the heir to the Austrian Hungarian throne*
The future: the heir was gonna help you now you have chosen 8 million deaths.

[sdinvt]

Last time I was this early, I missed the Austrian Arch Duke's motorcade.

[Germ_f]

France and Britain in WW1: Yeah serbia, we'll protect you. *procedes to not protect Serbia*
France and Britain in WW2: Yeah poland, we'll protect you. *procedes to not protect Poland*

[karsentubeyt]

“Britain and France declared war on Germany after German troops entered Belgium.”
No that’s not what happened, Germany declared war on Russia for refusing to end mobilization and France then began mobilization, and Germany sent an ultimatum that said “stop mobilization or war” and France continued mobilization and Germany declared war on France, then according to the Schlieffen plan, Germany invaded Luxembourg and sent an ultimatum which said “let me move my troops through you or I’ll invade you”, Belgium refused and Germany invaded Belgium and then Britain declared war on Germany.

[lolypopNL]

Hötzendorf and Cadorna are the type of generals that make me believe it's better to have no generals at all.