Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf
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Franz Xaver Josef Conrad von Hötzendorf, sometimes anglicised as Hoetzendorf, was an Austrian general who played a central role in World War I. He served as K.u.k. Feldmarschall and Chief of the Gener
1915 portrait, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
Chief of Staff, 1906
Conrad late in life
Battle of Asiago
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The Battle of Asiago, also known as Südtirol Offensive or Battle of the Plateaux, wrongly nicknamed Strafexpedition, began with a major offensive launched on 15 May 1916 by the Austro-Hungarians on th
Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf
…Austro-Hungarian Army was an exhausted force. In March 1917, Emperor Charles I dismissed him as Chief of Staff after Franz Joseph I died and Conrad's Trentino Offensive had failed to achieve its objective; he then commanded an army group on the Italian Front until he retired in the summer of 1918. He died in 1925…
The remaining alpine vegetation after the attack on Asiago.