National Museum of the U.S. Navy

Austro-Hungarian Army

Part of the Central Power Forces during World War I, the Austro-Hungarian Army was commanded by Commander-in-Chief Emperor Franz Josef (1848-1916).  The Chief of Staff was Count Franz Conrad von Hotzendorf (Franz Xaver Joseph Conrad Graf von Hotzendorf, 1852-1925).  The Supreme Commander was Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen (Friedrich Maria Albrecht Wilhelm Karl, 1856-1936). 

Image:  LC-Lot-8880-15:  Austrian skoda mortar in action, November 6, 1915.   Courtesy of the Library of Congress.