Oskar Potiorek
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Oskar Potiorek was an officer of the Austro-Hungarian Army, who served as Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1911 to 1914. He was a passenger in the car carrying Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austr
Oskar Potiorek in 1908
Latin Bridge, Sarajevo
Anti-Serb violence in Sarajevo
Austro-Hungarian soldiers hanging Serb civilians
Battle of Cer
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The Battle of Cer was a military campaign fought between Austria-Hungary and Serbia in August 1914, starting three weeks into the Serbian Campaign of 1914, the initial military action of the First Wor
Oskar Potiorek
…apparently an inept commander. The small Royal Serbian Army remained undefeated in all major battles and after the textbook military disasters at the Battle of Cer and the Battle of Kolubara with huge numbers of casualties, he was removed from command on 22 December 1914 and replaced by Archduke Eugen of Austria…
Mobilized Austro-Hungarian troops sent across Sarajevo for Serbia
Cer Mountain, northwestern Serbia. In 1914, the mountain was the site of the eponymous battle in which Austro-Hungarian forces were defeated by their numerically-inferior Serb opponents.
The Cer Memorial Ossuary during the 100th anniversary of the battle