When people think of Austria-Hungary many historians will point out the fact that it had ethnic problems, and why they were so major. They give evidence to support their claim like the Hungarian rebellion, which the Austrians had to appease the rebels by adding Hungary to the Austrian Empire. I will go in depth about the internal problems but about how it reached the peak of these problems.
The peak of these internal hostilities started during World War 1, Austria was on the brink of collapse, Russia from the east destroyed Austrian morale and the German took command of their army soon after 1915. Austria saw great success under German leadership, as Russia was being pushed back, the Balkans were finally under Central Power occupation with help from the newly allied Bulgaria and only annexed portions of land that had large ethnic Bulgarians from countries that joined the war against them. The point of the war they would either break or unify the country, it was on the Alpine Mountains between Italy and Austria-Hungary. Austria pushed into the mountains and nearly took the city of Venezia or Venice. This managed to hold the empire together for a few months and it looked like Austria would stay together during the war, then the United States of America got involved and in the 28th day of October, 1918 Austria Hungary officially surrendered, after a battering and crushing offensive pressed by the Italians. The empire was crumbling and the treaties would be unfair to the Austrians losing up to 80% of the land they had before the war.
The peak of these internal hostilities started during World War 1, Austria was on the brink of collapse, Russia from the east destroyed Austrian morale and the German took command of their army soon after 1915. Austria saw great success under German leadership, as Russia was being pushed back, the Balkans were finally under Central Power occupation with help from the newly allied Bulgaria and only annexed portions of land that had large ethnic Bulgarians from countries that joined the war against them. The point of the war they would either break or unify the country, it was on the Alpine Mountains between Italy and Austria-Hungary. Austria pushed into the mountains and nearly took the city of Venezia or Venice. This managed to hold the empire together for a few months and it looked like Austria would stay together during the war, then the United States of America got involved and in the 28th day of October, 1918 Austria Hungary officially surrendered, after a battering and crushing offensive pressed by the Italians. The empire was crumbling and the treaties would be unfair to the Austrians losing up to 80% of the land they had before the war.
No comments:
Post a Comment