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Wireless and the Slow Death of Austria-Hungary

Radio in the First World War

Dec 13, 2021
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Conrad’s staff tried to protect his image after the war, but contemporary historiography is highly critical of his priorities and decision-making

Conrad von Hötzendorf was an objectively bad commander-in-chief, one of the worst generals in a war known for terrible leadership. It was hard enough that his army spoke a dozen languages. Much like the patchwo…

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