Lika infantry units in the Austro-Hungarian military in battles during 1918 Cover Image

Ličke pješačke postrojbe austrougarske vojske u borbama tijekom 1918. godine
Lika infantry units in the Austro-Hungarian military in battles during 1918

Author(s): Nikola Tominac
Subject(s): Local History / Microhistory, Military history, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Senjsko muzejsko društvo i Gradski muzej Senj
Keywords: Croatia military history; First World War, southwest battlefield; 79th Infantry Regiment of the Joint Forces ‘Grof Josip Jelačić’ Otočac; K.u.K. 48. 48th Infantry Division (K.u.K. 48 ID); 42nd Homelan

Summary/Abstract: This contribution is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the First World War and members of the 79th Infantry Regiment of the Joint Forces from Otočac (K.u.K. Otočaner Infaterieregiment Graf Jellačić Nr. 79.), more famous as the “Jelačićevci” and the 26th Homeland Infantry Regiment from Karlovac from 42nd Homeland Infantry Division in whose formation was the third battalion of men from Lika from Gospić. In it is described their participation in the last year of the war.On the basis of available specific literature and source archive material from the holdingsof the Austrian state archive - Österreichisches Staatsarchiv (ÖeStA) – Kriegsarchiv (KA) and the Croatian State Archive in Zagreb (HDA), primarily from the preserved operational documentation,battle reports, lists of the losses, registry books of the dead and other available documentation, theauthor processes the course of the battles during 1918, in other words, the last year of the war. The military terminology has been adapted to today’s official Croatian terminology, and where that was not possible the Croatian and Austro-Hungarian terms are cited alongside each other, particularly for military ranks and formations.

  • Issue Year: 45/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 429-448
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Croatian