Despite the fact that Austria-Hungary had limited economic resources in comparison with other European great powers like Britain, France, and Germany, it did not give up on the war effort. There were ...
but even within this new “Austria-Hungary” or “dual monarchy” Franz Josef called the shots. A strong Hungarian premier, Istvan Tisza, did manage to delay the outbreak of war in 1914 ...
between the Dual-Monarchy of Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Siam. The signing of this treaty marked the beginning of formal bilateral relations between Austria-Hungary and Thailand.
As Austria-Hungary’s determination to crush Serbia was the immediate cause of the Great War, most observers expected the Dual Monarchy to annihilate the small Slavic kingdom, still exhausted ...