Austro-Hungarian Uniforms of World War 1 I THE GREAT WAR Special

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Austria-Hungary fielded probably the most diverse army of World War 1, the troops also had a proud tradition going back decades that influenced their uniform design as much as local customs. During the course of the war, the Habsburg Empire also suffered from a lack of supplies and still needed to modernise their equipment.
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  • @koffieslikkersenior
    @koffieslikkersenior7 жыл бұрын

    Dunno why, but AH in the war always fascinates me.

  • @kreol1q1q

    @kreol1q1q

    7 жыл бұрын

    Might also be because they are a pretty huge part of the war, but are most often even more overlooked than Italy in WWII (even though Austria-Hungary was a vastly more powerful ally to Germany in WWI, than Italy was in WWII). It's a pretty important and fascinating actor in the war that is usually completely swept under the carpet, or discarded as unimportant and derided as worthless - which is in part true, but in much larger part just a consequence of post-war propaganda.

  • @koffieslikkersenior

    @koffieslikkersenior

    7 жыл бұрын

    Jack the Gestapo lol. He IS an interesting figure, but not for what he did during WW1

  • @bookworm5656able

    @bookworm5656able

    7 жыл бұрын

    Make Austria great again Everyone just wants to forget, no?

  • @bookworm5656able

    @bookworm5656able

    7 жыл бұрын

    Make Austria great again What? How is a social welfare state selfish?

  • @bookworm5656able

    @bookworm5656able

    7 жыл бұрын

    Jack the Gestapo Have I a bad perception of a social welfare state? The state attempts to nurture and ensure the well-being of its people? That doesn't sound selfish to me.

  • @colestockdale5616
    @colestockdale5616 Жыл бұрын

    There is a 94-year-old lady at my church and her Father was an Austro-Hungarian Naval Officer. He spoke 5 different languages!!! Insane.

  • @fritzorino
    @fritzorino7 жыл бұрын

    "The infantryman carried a tornister A field pack made of leather on his back" sick rhymes bro

  • @TheGreatWar

    @TheGreatWar

    7 жыл бұрын

    MC conrad represents.

  • @antoniavie

    @antoniavie

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@TheGreatWar the nickname for the tornister was a "toni"

  • @jfsmit1995
    @jfsmit19957 жыл бұрын

    4:43 "And here we see Karl Marx posing as an Austro-Hungarian soldier."

  • @fristnamelastname5549

    @fristnamelastname5549

    6 жыл бұрын

    Geeglio Karl Marx: Bring Communism near you. Join the Austrian Army today.

  • @nolemore9

    @nolemore9

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hungary was communist for a short time after WW1

  • @redornament3248

    @redornament3248

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@nolemore9 for a millisecond actually before it got axed by its neighbors

  • @luigidisanpietro3720

    @luigidisanpietro3720

    3 жыл бұрын

    🤣👌

  • @awc6007

    @awc6007

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @TwentythreePER
    @TwentythreePER7 жыл бұрын

    I think the Austro-Hungarians were the most interesting nation in the war to me. I love their equipment and rifles especially. I have some of the ammo pouches, bayonet, and a modified rifle of theirs.

  • @michaelmuller6890

    @michaelmuller6890

    5 жыл бұрын

    There were everything else but a nation. Franz Joseph adressed his subjects like this: "proclamation to my nations". Have a look at the plural :)

  • @michapietka8443

    @michapietka8443

    5 жыл бұрын

    But which one nation? ;)

  • @twistusvonhasburg4000

    @twistusvonhasburg4000

    Жыл бұрын

    i agree

  • @johnv.6191
    @johnv.61917 жыл бұрын

    Atleast they collapsed with style.

  • @nickey3633

    @nickey3633

    6 жыл бұрын

    OH MAN..

  • @jacktarat

    @jacktarat

    3 жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately Austria went down without any style. It was a complete desaster for everybody. Leaders, soldiers, civilians, peoples. More war, hunger, desease and poverty for many years and the result (besides other things) was the second war. And it was completely our own fault. We started it senseless and we ended it without sense and without style. On the other hand, look where we are now, only 100 years later!

  • @mirjanamilosavljevic4261

    @mirjanamilosavljevic4261

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jacktarat where are you

  • @Bubble23428

    @Bubble23428

    3 жыл бұрын

    At least the Hungarians kept everything

  • @alexs5744

    @alexs5744

    3 жыл бұрын

    No they didn’t. From what I read it was awful and for a time Central Europe went through revolts and corruption.

  • @jukahri
    @jukahri7 жыл бұрын

    We should un-invent the machine gun and reintroduce these glorious uniforms.

  • @bookworm5656able

    @bookworm5656able

    7 жыл бұрын

    Jukelo Then they will litter Silesia again!

  • @jonaspete

    @jonaspete

    6 жыл бұрын

    The automatic and bolt action rifle shall be un invent too then we will return to musket era where these uniform will shine.

  • @Elenrai

    @Elenrai

    5 жыл бұрын

    Remember the beards. No shaving, we can all look like Karl Marx

  • @rhodesianwojak2095

    @rhodesianwojak2095

    5 жыл бұрын

    Unironically this

  • @JustAnotherNamelessGuy

    @JustAnotherNamelessGuy

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jonaspete THen Un invent the musket rifles to and go back to swords and axes where uniforms will shine on your eyes so bright they will burn you. Im talking about knight armor

  • @kurtdiexer3459
    @kurtdiexer34597 жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of a joke, two senior AH officers meet after the war: Officer 1: We had the most beautiful army Officer 2: Indeed our uniforms were unrivaled in elegance and style, our marching bands the best in the world Officer 1: And then.. Officer 2: .. these idiots started a war

  • @MrMacky-co6zn

    @MrMacky-co6zn

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like Texas football

  • @omargerardolopez3294

    @omargerardolopez3294

    2 жыл бұрын

    huh?

  • @omargerardolopez3294

    @omargerardolopez3294

    Жыл бұрын

    @The Philosoraptor o

  • @VOTE_REFORM_UK

    @VOTE_REFORM_UK

    Жыл бұрын

    I don’t get it

  • @MrHejke

    @MrHejke

    Жыл бұрын

    @@VOTE_REFORM_UK It's trying to imply the myth (popularized mostly by Germans explaining their defeat after the war) of "terrible" A-H army, who only looked fine but couldn't fight. Spoiler: it was not the case.

  • @DominikChlubna
    @DominikChlubna7 жыл бұрын

    At 1:58 is a picture of the famous Austrian actor Hans Moser (Johann Julier) who was born 1880 in Vienna and served at the Isonzo frontier, where he diverted his comrades thoughts from war with his jokes.

  • @kreol1q1q

    @kreol1q1q

    7 жыл бұрын

    That's a cool little tidbit of info, thanks!

  • @NadonioLP

    @NadonioLP

    7 жыл бұрын

    This was Hans Moser, when he was young? Interesting! He was an good actor.

  • @Schlachthof5

    @Schlachthof5

    3 жыл бұрын

    The was another famous actor Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó. Known in America as Bela Lugosi. In 1914 he was deployed to Galicia as an infantry lieutenant in the 43rd Royal Hungarian Infantry till 1916 when he was wounded.

  • @totallynotalpharius2283

    @totallynotalpharius2283

    3 жыл бұрын

    The eternal punchline " Conrad"

  • @mkd2839
    @mkd28397 жыл бұрын

    At least they weren't literally walking rainbows that could be seen from miles away *cough* the French *cough*

  • @E46_Lenker

    @E46_Lenker

    7 жыл бұрын

    Steve not really

  • @op_nerf8888

    @op_nerf8888

    7 жыл бұрын

    StardustNotHötzendorf The French haved the worst uniform

  • @bartprovencal9905

    @bartprovencal9905

    7 жыл бұрын

    Paul Alexander Napoleon 3rd -ish uniforms actually. But still, they were at least 20 years late. Actually the main reasons for not changing were mainly an irrational national identification to an uniform, but also the idea that being able to identify one's own soldiers on a battlefield allowed to shoot on anything that doesn't wear such bright colours. So yeah, minds were still very turned to napoleonic times. But it's not as if the military hadn't realised what was wrong with the bright uniforms. There were several attemps to change it. In1902 there were trials for a steel helmet for the artillery 1903 a company was equipped with a boer style uniform (less visible, and with a bush hat). No one knows why trials didn't continue as the uniform was found to be very practical. 1906 there were similar trials for a mix of blue and beige which gave a greyish uniform, but the trials were not carried out. Above all in 1911, a brown uniform called "reseda" was about to be adopted. It was very practical, and the infantry had an helmet in cork that looked a bit like the future Adrian helmet. But the current minister of war Berteaux who supported it was killed by a plane during an air show, and the following minister wasn't able to cope with the criticism from the press and the parliament about the new "unpatriotic" uniform, so he gave up. So basically years were lost in trials and in deciding to not decide, until the war broke out. The conclusion is that France can change, but it needs a tragedy to do so.

  • @bartprovencal9905

    @bartprovencal9905

    7 жыл бұрын

    Paul Alexander Between 300,000 and 400,000. That's the number of kia for 1914 (knowing that the new blue uniform was introduced in 1915). On a total of 1.4 million losses for the whole war, clearly 1914 was the most deadly period for the French. It's more than the French losses at Verdun (which lasted 10 months). So yeah, apparently wearing bright red and blue uniforms and charging machine guns wasn't a very wise tactic. And yup, the British had learned from the Boers and were very well equipped and trained. The downside was that in 1914 they were only able to deploy 70,000 soldiers (against 2.9 millions for the French and 3.8 millions for the Germans)

  • @Baamthe25th

    @Baamthe25th

    7 жыл бұрын

    At least, the french weren't led by Hotzendorf.

  • @georgejungle9037
    @georgejungle90376 жыл бұрын

    My grand-grand father fought for Austro-Hungary and died in 1916 in south Tyrol at the Dolomiten. He was a member of the Jagdkommando and died by a grenade

  • @TheGreatWar

    @TheGreatWar

    6 жыл бұрын

    If you are interested, we did an episode about the Jagdkommandos and we also visited the Dolomite front and published a few episodes about it.

  • @jurepotokar9068

    @jurepotokar9068

    5 жыл бұрын

    My grandfather (never met him) fought for Austro Hungary as well. First, as Leutenant at Drina river (Goražde, Bosnia and Herzegovina), then he was transfered as Oberleutenant to Isonco (Soča, Slovenian) river, where he was wounded. He died in 1968. He was Slovenian. I have his six medals.

  • @darkec71

    @darkec71

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jure, what regiment your grandfather was? Any of so called "Slovene" regiments (17 IR, 47 IR, 87 IR etc.) According to some research only one battalion of 87th IR was fighting on Balkan front (all the other "Slovene" regiments were sent first to Galicia and later to Italian (Soča and Tirol) front. My great-grand father was probably a member of 20th Honved Infantry Regiment or 48th Infantry Regiment from Velika Kanjiža (NagyKanizsa) where men from Prekmurje (the part of Prekmurje which belonged to Zalamegy) served. All I know about him that he was talking about fighting on a "fiume" (river) probably Piave.

  • @jurepotokar9068

    @jurepotokar9068

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@darkec71 My father (1932) told me,that his father (born March 25th, 1885) served in IR 070 (70th Infantry Regiment). Im going to ask my aunt, if she has any additional information about him. I have to correct myself: my Grandfather was wounded in Bosnia and Herzegovina (grenade, thrown from airplane). When he has recovered, he was transferred as CO (Commanding Officer - Oberleutenant) of Railway Station in Prvačina (now Slovenia); Soča/Isonco front. His father was solider too: 17 years of service, Battle of Custozza 1866, medal.

  • @danielmolnar4371

    @danielmolnar4371

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@darkec71 Fiume is also the Hungarian name of Rijeka, but it's probably not what he meant.

  • @pajduscz
    @pajduscz7 жыл бұрын

    Such a shame that almost nobody care about Austrians although they were very important in most of european conflicts since 30 years' war.

  • @5.7moy

    @5.7moy

    3 жыл бұрын

    ‘Tis a real shame.

  • @DanielWW2
    @DanielWW27 жыл бұрын

    In summary; every soldier had their own unique uniform. If you where caught copying another man you where shot. :P

  • @yummyyum4626

    @yummyyum4626

    7 жыл бұрын

    their*

  • @diamonddog257

    @diamonddog257

    5 жыл бұрын

    .... and millions died .

  • @maiamaya381

    @maiamaya381

    4 жыл бұрын

    were*

  • @XeleriumDa
    @XeleriumDa7 жыл бұрын

    A Logistics Nightmare

  • @MrRenegadeshinobi

    @MrRenegadeshinobi

    7 жыл бұрын

    Xelerium Da I would hate to have been a Austro-Hungarian Quatermaster.

  • @pnutz_2

    @pnutz_2

    7 жыл бұрын

    could be worse, you could have ended up being a russian quartermaster

  • @ineednochannelyoutube5384

    @ineednochannelyoutube5384

    5 жыл бұрын

    Why exactly? The only nonstandard thing was tiny colored patches.

  • @Autechltd

    @Autechltd

    5 жыл бұрын

    And that's before you have to figure out how to send them their uniforms by railway, which was chaos.

  • @stevekaczynski3793

    @stevekaczynski3793

    Жыл бұрын

    The regimental facing colours were hard to reproduce accurately - different factories tended to produce different colours irrespective of what the regulations said.

  • @royalradish9412
    @royalradish94127 жыл бұрын

    Important question for out of the trenches: What was Wonder Woman's role during WW1? She led a British charge across No-Mans land, liberated a Belgian village, and even went behind enemy lines and assassinated Erich Ludendorff! Can't believe I haven't heard more about her before, please explain Indy!

  • @shivmalik9405

    @shivmalik9405

    2 жыл бұрын

    Er….. I seriously hope this wasn’t serious

  • @zeppelinboys

    @zeppelinboys

    2 жыл бұрын

    i was forced to see this movie and the only thing i liked was seeing Spud from Trainspotting casted in it. im happy the actor probably got a decent paycheck

  • @chrismath149

    @chrismath149

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@zeppelinboys Also, the accuracy of the German machine gun firing at Wonder Woman and only hitting her shield. Unless that thing was magnetic (have not seen the film, only the part of the trench attack), there is no excuse for her not losing her legs. Those rifles had a massive spread.

  • @hp5864
    @hp58642 жыл бұрын

    Great series, a masterpiece. You really made a capital dissection of WW1. I enjoy it alot, for the historical accuracy and value. Greetings from Bosnia

  • @rodger3352

    @rodger3352

    2 жыл бұрын

    Love to Bosnia ❤️ I hope you guys are doing well

  • @hp5864

    @hp5864

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@rodger3352 thanks man. We try but they won't leave us be. Hopefully no more war ever again

  • @gregsochor
    @gregsochor7 жыл бұрын

    Just a small note: The signs of rank weren't /aren't stars, but symbolized "Edelweiss" a traditional Austrian mountain-flower as can be seen in some of the closeups. Incidentially this is still the case on contemporary Austrian Army uniforms.

  • @TheGreatWar

    @TheGreatWar

    7 жыл бұрын

    They should have done a better job not having them look like stars.

  • @TheJutsch98

    @TheJutsch98

    7 жыл бұрын

    Actually not only the army but also firefighters and the Austrian Red Cross still use it on rank patches

  • @michealohaodha9351

    @michealohaodha9351

    7 жыл бұрын

    The Edelweiss collar insignia was specific to the Austro-Hungarian mountain regiments (Landesschutzen Regiments 1, 2, 3 and Landwehr Regiments Nr 4 and 27). The Edelweiss worked in tandem with the stars identifying the man as (1) a mountain infantryman and (2) by his specific rank.

  • @luitpoldwalterstorffer2446

    @luitpoldwalterstorffer2446

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@TheGreatWar The Edelweiss looks like a star.

  • @ineednochannelyoutube5384

    @ineednochannelyoutube5384

    5 жыл бұрын

    Same with the Honvédség, but they are stars.

  • @AllCanadiaReject
    @AllCanadiaReject7 жыл бұрын

    You forgot to mention that outstanding change they made in 1915 where they replaced the leather in the boots with cardboard. Simply magical

  • @johannesmaximilian848
    @johannesmaximilian8487 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for showing these great uniforms! Have been waiting for it a long time. The uniform combined with the Feldkappe looks awesome. great video.

  • @podemosurss8316
    @podemosurss83167 жыл бұрын

    4:46 I never knew that Karl Marx joined the Austro-Hungarian army...

  • @r.j.5444
    @r.j.54442 жыл бұрын

    Always knew my great grandfather had served in WW1, but only just found out today he was in the Austro-Hungarian army as an artillery gunner. It’s a shame his life wasn’t great after the war, but I am proud of his service and have much respect for him.

  • @gogoplayz4887

    @gogoplayz4887

    2 ай бұрын

    That’s cool

  • @gogoplayz4887

    @gogoplayz4887

    2 ай бұрын

    My family fought in the Spanish civil war (on republican side) and they lost so my family moved to Cuba then to America

  • @kingmichealthefirstofroman2278
    @kingmichealthefirstofroman22787 жыл бұрын

    Indy i have one for out of the trenches How important was the Danish units in the german army since 1864

  • @wullfsaxon2634

    @wullfsaxon2634

    7 жыл бұрын

    søren hulemose how can a pastry fight XD

  • @kingmichealthefirstofroman2278

    @kingmichealthefirstofroman2278

    7 жыл бұрын

    WhiteShadow what do you mean

  • @allenrodrick9713

    @allenrodrick9713

    7 жыл бұрын

    søren hulemose i think Whiteshadow is refering to the danish tart meme :D

  • @wullfsaxon2634

    @wullfsaxon2634

    7 жыл бұрын

    Allen Rodrick I can't believe people remember that...but yeah thats what i was refering to. its a joke about an American when asked something along the likes of "what are people from Denmark called?" the woman says denmarkers. so the interviewer says they're called danish. tgen she asks "how do pastries have a country?" thats basically the origin. danish tarts are refered to as just "a Danish" in many parts of the world

  • @kingmichealthefirstofroman2278

    @kingmichealthefirstofroman2278

    7 жыл бұрын

    WhiteShadow no danes

  • @Iamlicc
    @Iamlicc7 жыл бұрын

    ever heard of Standardization?

  • @stanislauskusumobagus5266

    @stanislauskusumobagus5266

    7 жыл бұрын

    They never heard of it, probably

  • @abu-hureraali4531

    @abu-hureraali4531

    7 жыл бұрын

    Stanislaus Kitagaul we heard of it but it's boring Austrians are fancy and not boring like the Brits with their khaki.

  • @halorecon95

    @halorecon95

    7 жыл бұрын

    felix Tuvelid The uniform was standardised, just the hats were different

  • @thurin84

    @thurin84

    7 жыл бұрын

    you want boring? we americans didnt even have unit unique cap badges. just an awesome badass looking eagle.

  • @thurin84

    @thurin84

    7 жыл бұрын

    halorecon95 not so much

  • @bigburd875
    @bigburd8757 жыл бұрын

    last time I was this early, France was still a monarchy

  • @abu-hureraali4531

    @abu-hureraali4531

    7 жыл бұрын

    Teddy Roosevelt last time I was quick to respond the U.S.A wasn't a thing

  • @bigburd875

    @bigburd875

    7 жыл бұрын

    Kaiser Franz Joseph I those are fighting words mister! come to the white house for a one on one!

  • @wullfsaxon2634

    @wullfsaxon2634

    7 жыл бұрын

    Teddy Roosevelt last time you were that early america was actually great -_-

  • @manojanton-rajkumar6923

    @manojanton-rajkumar6923

    7 жыл бұрын

    BUUUUURRRERRRRRRRRNNNNNN

  • @vukman2665

    @vukman2665

    7 жыл бұрын

    Last time I fought Austro-Hungarians they stopped being an empire

  • @TheBestDrunkDriver
    @TheBestDrunkDriver3 жыл бұрын

    Love Austro-Hungarian uniforms they are so formal and beautiful.

  • @iupetre
    @iupetre7 жыл бұрын

    Indy and team, thank you so much for all the hard work you do for these videos. They are amazing, and your attention to detail is wonderful! Thank you!

  • @AtomicPeacenik
    @AtomicPeacenik7 жыл бұрын

    I've said it before and I'll say it now, the Special Episodes on uniforms are some of my favorite content on this channel. As a long time collector of historical military uniforms and clothing I just want to say well done. Excellent work, Indy and crew.

  • @capncake8837
    @capncake88373 жыл бұрын

    “Get them, they’re wearing different uniforms!” “No, wait!” “I can’t understand them! They must be an enemy!”

  • @bnast6849

    @bnast6849

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's exactly what happened although AH soldiers killed each other regardless of the language. My grand grandfather was a Serb in AH army fighting in Galicia and they always had to sleep with one eye open because of Croatian soldiers and we basically have the same language.

  • @enistuka5179
    @enistuka51797 жыл бұрын

    Dude,please make review of 2.Bosniaken Regiment,they was most decorated regiment in Austro-Hungarian army ,they even have they marching Anthem,Die Bosniaken Commen

  • @demiocusrex5992
    @demiocusrex59924 жыл бұрын

    My grandpa was still born in the AH empire (1911) I'm proud to live in acountry that had such great heritage

  • @TheWoollyFrog
    @TheWoollyFrog7 жыл бұрын

    Was waiting for this episode for years!

  • @saddamnixonirony482
    @saddamnixonirony4823 жыл бұрын

    My Great Great Grandfather was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army. He was in during The Balkan Wars and beginning of WW1, he died in 1914.

  • @easternbear2356
    @easternbear23566 жыл бұрын

    One hundred and fifty one years ago today, the monarchical union between the Empire of Austria and the Kingdom of Hungary was proclaimed by the Austro-Hungarian compromise of 1867 which saw the dual monarchy established with Emperor Franz Joseph at the helm.

  • @SupahtrippX
    @SupahtrippX7 жыл бұрын

    really enjoyed the level of detail, great work Indy and team!

  • @camdudzinski5206
    @camdudzinski52067 жыл бұрын

    My country tis of thee, Austria-Hungary, Obey your king.

  • @cameronleach5475

    @cameronleach5475

    7 жыл бұрын

    European Union!

  • @HaNNibal97smiTH
    @HaNNibal97smiTH7 жыл бұрын

    Yes, I've been waiting for this for a long time !

  • @darkeagle553
    @darkeagle5537 жыл бұрын

    Finally !! Great as always.

  • @foresta-2684
    @foresta-26847 жыл бұрын

    You guys make my lunch even better

  • @abu-hureraali4531

    @abu-hureraali4531

    7 жыл бұрын

    God bless America.

  • @Flavaop1169
    @Flavaop11697 жыл бұрын

    I have been waiting for this episode for years

  • @Segundo608
    @Segundo6087 жыл бұрын

    You really deserve more subs

  • @planetoidluvr
    @planetoidluvr7 жыл бұрын

    thank you for this amazing show sir

  • @mariasoledad8143
    @mariasoledad81434 жыл бұрын

    Complete information. I enjoyed this vídeo.

  • @raytrumble1994
    @raytrumble19947 жыл бұрын

    I love this channel please keep feeding us knowledge

  • @edwil111
    @edwil1117 жыл бұрын

    Wow... just wow.! Indy's attention to detail is amazng !

  • @michaelmuller6890
    @michaelmuller68905 жыл бұрын

    Well-done research, probably at a professional level. My respect!

  • @karikarhu599
    @karikarhu5997 жыл бұрын

    YES! FINALY! Thanks so much guys!

  • @acidburn134
    @acidburn1347 жыл бұрын

    can you discuss some of the impact bosnian soldiers had in the austrian army

  • @michealohaodha9351

    @michealohaodha9351

    7 жыл бұрын

    They had quite an impact both socially and militarily. Many famous Austrians including the author/ photographer Pero Blaskovic, writer/radio broadcaster Rudolf Henz, filmmaker Robert Michel and even a future Austrian president Dr Adolf Scharf served in the Bosniaks. On the military side of things they were very highly decorated and regarded with some of the best combat records in the Austrian Army - the 2nd Bosniaks was the most decorated unit in that army with 42 Golden Bravery Medal recipients (maybe the equivalent of the VC/ Medal of Honour). The Italians in particular had a great fear of the Bosnians - sometimes when a non-Bosnian unit moved into the line fezzes were handed out to give the Italians the impression that Bosnians were present :)

  • @w0tna781
    @w0tna7817 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video!

  • @steven_003
    @steven_0037 жыл бұрын

    I've waited so long for this! :D

  • @markcollins9903
    @markcollins99032 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this

  • @simonk.6349
    @simonk.63497 жыл бұрын

    Hello, thank you for making this amazing show! Speaking of Austria-Hungary, could you do a special episode on Czechoslovakian Legions?

  • @TheGreatWar

    @TheGreatWar

    7 жыл бұрын

    working on it.

  • @simonk.6349

    @simonk.6349

    7 жыл бұрын

    Love you guys!

  • @papabearpaw5866
    @papabearpaw58667 жыл бұрын

    loving your channel.

  • @jamestapscott229
    @jamestapscott2297 жыл бұрын

    i have been binge watching this channel for 5 days now keep up the great content

  • @TheGreatWar

    @TheGreatWar

    7 жыл бұрын

    Welcome to the show.

  • @gpholtz
    @gpholtz7 жыл бұрын

    This is a great channel, The presentation and contents are extraordinary! Two curiosities from my part. I had the honor to meet and talk to a French WWI trench veteran inside the Museé des Invalides in Paris in the late 1970's; My grand-grandfather, luckily migrated here to Brazil, in 1913, as a young 21 years old adventurous man, from the Austro-Hungarian Empire! How lucky was that! When he returned to Austria in 1959 to visit his relatives, they could not believe the vintage German language accent and vocabulary.....

  • @Cherb123456
    @Cherb1234562 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @leeraeside5341
    @leeraeside53417 жыл бұрын

    you guys should totally do an episode on trade and the impact blockades had on central powers.

  • @telsah1
    @telsah17 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for being great teacher.

  • @Stormtropper222
    @Stormtropper2227 жыл бұрын

    MM = Master Monarchy! Best of its time. Greetings from Hungary!

  • @davidkelley5382
    @davidkelley53824 жыл бұрын

    Dude, love your vids!

  • @highfatcheese7668
    @highfatcheese76687 жыл бұрын

    your the best! keep it up

  • @gix47
    @gix477 жыл бұрын

    so complex but so much thought was put into them

  • @paulvonhindenburg8674
    @paulvonhindenburg86747 жыл бұрын

    Austria-Hungary: Indivisibiliter ac Inseparabiliter! Imperial Army: That's where you're wrong kiddo

  • @Abuamina001
    @Abuamina0016 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating stuff.

  • @MirejeLenoir4670
    @MirejeLenoir46707 жыл бұрын

    Such an interesting subject !

  • @hdykjeve
    @hdykjeve4 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting.

  • @jif.6821
    @jif.68217 жыл бұрын

    @6:08 The guy second from the right is trying to figure out where the feather in his hat came from.

  • @YoeriKarting365
    @YoeriKarting3652 жыл бұрын

    Love these uniforms and the empire!

  • @jederstein9090
    @jederstein90907 жыл бұрын

    Hi Indy and team, question for out of the trenches: I am of Belorussian descent and would like to know more about their role in the war, what major battles were they involved in and was independence promised to them by any country/countries if they promised to fight a certain enemy like what was proposed to Poland by Germany and Austria? Love the show, keep up the great content.

  • @thekrakenbows7247
    @thekrakenbows72474 жыл бұрын

    Im from Poland and my great great grandpa who was also from Poland was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian army 3 star during ww1, we dont know what happened to him after the war😥😥😥😥

  • @Ekib-Niatnuom
    @Ekib-Niatnuom7 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating! Yet another layer of TGW revealed. Applause, Applause, Applause!

  • @Rocketrollrebel
    @Rocketrollrebel7 жыл бұрын

    I see a great opportunity for "Tannenberg" A-H squad variations.

  • @thurin84
    @thurin847 жыл бұрын

    awesome episode!!! austro-hungarian uniforms come in a dizzying array. despite being updated in 1907-08 early war uniforms still showed a lot of 19th century and napoleonic influences. at least until the economies of war forced more standardization.

  • @MegaJJ1968
    @MegaJJ19684 жыл бұрын

    Crazy and interesting stuff

  • @bellingdog
    @bellingdog6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Indy for using metric!

  • @rejmons1
    @rejmons14 жыл бұрын

    My grandfather fighted as the legionary of Pilsudski (who was called "grandfather" by soldiers) in 4-rth Infantry Regiment of Polish Legions. (The number of his military identity card - 30108). And I proud of this!

  • @blablabla1044
    @blablabla10447 жыл бұрын

    Can we get a video on Bosnia?

  • @JerehmiaBoaz
    @JerehmiaBoaz7 жыл бұрын

    The German "Hecht" means pike, as in the fish.

  • @EuFaloDeCarro
    @EuFaloDeCarro7 жыл бұрын

    Indy and team. Superb job! I wonder what light vehicles were used on the fronts, which were more sucessfull and what role they played during battle. Greentings from Brazil!

  • @bassman3235
    @bassman32357 жыл бұрын

    Do a special on the Bosnian units in the AH army!

  • @yummyyum4626

    @yummyyum4626

    7 жыл бұрын

    They were feared by the enemy. I heard that sometimes, the Austrian troops wore the Fez to trick the enemy into thinking it was the Bosnian battalion. hehe...

  • @DamirAlijagic

    @DamirAlijagic

    7 жыл бұрын

    That was common on Italian front in the alps, where they issued Fez to hungarian troops, so Italian army observers think that in that sector of front are still Bosnian units. lol

  • @DamirAlijagic

    @DamirAlijagic

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yes.Good idea for a special. Bosnian units were elite fighters and famous for bravery. One of the units (Bosnisch-hercegovinisches Infanterie Regiment Nr. 2) was the most decorated unit of whole imperial army.

  • @leonardthesnifferwallace5073

    @leonardthesnifferwallace5073

    7 жыл бұрын

    1. Why would Hungarians willingly wear fezes when A) it Isn't part of neither their culture nor religion, B) gives the glory in battle to somebody else but them and C) is impossible for them to attempt anyway since there isn't enough of those fezes to go around and also violates the rules of war by fielding a foreign uniform. What's next - the British wore Aussie hats pretending to be Aussies to scare the Germans? 2. " Bosnian units were elite fighters and famous for bravery." That's now what I've read. In both world wars they were noted for having little to no intention to integrate with others and fighting more as an independent force only concerned with the local war and regional issues rather than their overlords. That was duly noted. While we are at it - what "Bosnians" are we talking about anyway? The nationality, composed of three ethnic groups - basically being the same but belonging to different religious faiths - or the Muslims, whatever they call themselves? Last I checked Bosnia has never been a homogenous country and what constitutes a "Bosnian" seems to be a matter of some debate among the locals. Are you sure the same locals just magically dropped all that in order to serve their Austrian emperor? While the Czechs, Poles and even the Hungarians had little loyalty to the Austrians, the Bosnians somehow had even though they neither share the language nor any Austrians customs? I seriously doubt any Hungarian would willingly play charades in war. Somebody has been telling you a load of nonsense. It's most likely a war myth, much like Finns supposedly lining up 20,000 frozen Soviet soldiers during the Winter War of 1939-1940 to scare off the Soviet invaders.

  • @DamirAlijagic

    @DamirAlijagic

    7 жыл бұрын

    First: Your opinion is based on some semi-information about this subject. And your examples are banal. Second: Nobody told me nothing about this subject. I read it and researched for myself. From historical books writen by regimental oficiers of Bosnian units and various regional historical sources..( War museum Vienna, Kobarid War museum etc. When i talk about Bosnian units i mean about all people and all religious groups from teritory of Bosnia and Herzegovina.As they were mobilised at the begining of war like all other nations in Austrian empire. Third.. switching headgear was a fact recorded from several sources, and by order of higher command , coz Hungarian units did not have such fighting reputation as Bosnian units. Once more that is a historical fact. coz it is observed that Italians didnt attack in sectors of fronts held by Bosnian units. Quoting Werner Schachinger: "even non Bosnia units would sometime use Bosnian fez to make enemy think they are fighting against Bosniaks, what was discouraging." In total, troops from Bosnia and Herzegovina earned 106 golden medals,. It seems that most famous venture of them was battle for Monte Meletta during last days of May and first days of June in the year 1916, where Bosnian troops destroyed Italian forces. And last..what homogeneous nation means? This remark is totaly pointless. Most of nations where heterogenous more or less. Especially in 19. century . You think that Germans or Italians or Belgians where homogeneous national entity at the begining of 20. century? or Britts?:D Check your facts better ;)

  • @nickey3633
    @nickey36336 жыл бұрын

    The Berndorf Helmet looks fresh

  • @TheJohnGent1
    @TheJohnGent16 жыл бұрын

    Fascinated by all things related to the Austrian Empire/Austria-Hungary

  • @artofwar3992
    @artofwar39926 жыл бұрын

    My grandfather was in the Austro Hungarian Army before the First World War. He lived near Przemysl in Galicia. I have after him buckle with the symbol of Austria-Hungary.Greetings from Poland!

  • @grayflaneur4854
    @grayflaneur48547 жыл бұрын

    I am amazed at the complexity of the uniforms worn by so many European soldiers. As time went on the need to equip soldiers and replace items forced standardization, but I continue to be amazed at variety of items worn that depended on the branch of service. A tailor and quartermaster nightmare.

  • @ivanenchev3823
    @ivanenchev38234 жыл бұрын

    They were so stylish and diverse.

  • @onrr1726
    @onrr17267 жыл бұрын

    I have an Austo-Hungarian M95 Styer mine and to my knowledge was one of the last 100 off the production lines in 1918 with has the Austrian coat of arms on it. My fathers has an M95 Styer with the Hungarian coat of arms on it.

  • @kuebelkeim0151
    @kuebelkeim01517 жыл бұрын

    nice video please continue the good job but could you do a special about pocketknifes in ww1 like the mercator "Katze" which has been used or the opinel which existed but i do not know if it has been used but i do know that "larger numbers" 8000-10000 each (i think) had been exported to italy switzerland and another country. maybe you could talk about the classic victorinox too. i really hope you could do a special about that because i think it is a very interesting theme to talk about. and say hi to flo

  • @weltvonalex
    @weltvonalex7 жыл бұрын

    We keept the Gold for Officers in Austria. White for non nco's , Gold for officers and ........... for the Spieß / Vize Leutnant white gold. Because he is the highest non officer but still below the lowest officer. Great video and as always good job!

  • @louie4551
    @louie45517 жыл бұрын

    Hey! I was wondering if you could do a video on Argentina during WWI. I know they didn't do much in the war but it would be pretty cool to see a video on one of my countries. Thanks!

  • @saber_2_6
    @saber_2_67 жыл бұрын

    I really love to study about WW1 because its interesting

  • @arisukak
    @arisukak7 жыл бұрын

    But what about their naval uniforms?

  • @efftohd

    @efftohd

    7 жыл бұрын

    Austro-Hungarian navy? I didn't even know it existed *Nudge Nudge, Wink Wink*

  • @geribassist
    @geribassist7 жыл бұрын

    from what I know, FJI stands for Franz Josef der Erste (Franz Joseph I). great video nevertheless!

  • @abu-hureraali4531

    @abu-hureraali4531

    7 жыл бұрын

    yes it does

  • @Modern.Millennial

    @Modern.Millennial

    7 жыл бұрын

    It could have the dual meaning of Ist and Imperator, given both are Latin, and given the dual nature of the Empire.

  • @geribassist

    @geribassist

    7 жыл бұрын

    true. I know for a fact that the Hungarian version IFJ stands for I. Ferenc József (Franz Joseph I in Hungarian). but Imperator is also possible.

  • @garypulliam3740

    @garypulliam3740

    3 жыл бұрын

    The "I" does not stand for "first". It means "Imperador" ... Emperor in Latin.

  • @garypulliam3740

    @garypulliam3740

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@abu-hureraali4531 No.

  • @Heavyhittingit
    @Heavyhittingit7 жыл бұрын

    Just in time Indy! I'm making a WW1 2d shooter and needed to know what the Austro-Hungarians wore.

  • @fare1181
    @fare11814 жыл бұрын

    2:42 Heroes of my beloved Bosnia

  • @Sana-vr4xr

    @Sana-vr4xr

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bosniaken Power👏🇧🇦💪

  • @mirjanamilosavljevic4261

    @mirjanamilosavljevic4261

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Sana-vr4xr yes my dear such heroes that we in Serbia still remember war crimes against civilians,celebrate war criminals , your way

  • @CaptainHarlock-kv4zt
    @CaptainHarlock-kv4zt7 жыл бұрын

    to win or loose is not important but to do it with style.thats the way

  • @amotaba
    @amotaba7 жыл бұрын

    Excelente.

  • @mikeoxsmal8022
    @mikeoxsmal80227 жыл бұрын

    Hi,Great War can ye do a miniseries on each nations cavalry where Indy talks about the kit and uniforms and structure of each nation ,I hope you like this idea

  • @raygiordano1045
    @raygiordano10457 жыл бұрын

    4:35 This is probably the second time in 40 years that I ever heard "hob nailed boots" not used as part of an insult.

  • @MuhammadAkmal-if3wy
    @MuhammadAkmal-if3wy7 жыл бұрын

    can you a video about hms malaya in ww1

  • @smitthone
    @smitthone7 жыл бұрын

    In the military museum of Vienna there are interesting soldier's instructions booklets written in all different languages....

  • @mikemike6908

    @mikemike6908

    7 жыл бұрын

    The budapest military museum was also very informative on Austria-Hungary

  • @farukzahiragic6093
    @farukzahiragic60937 жыл бұрын

    Hi Flo!

  • @TheGreatWar

    @TheGreatWar

    7 жыл бұрын

    hi