Austrian Army
(Redirected from Austrian Armed Forces)
Austrian army may refer to:
- Imperial and Royal Army (k. k. Armee) during the Napoleonic Wars, the reformed armed force of the Austrian Empire (1806–1867)
- Common Army (Gemeinsame Armee), the largest part of the Austro-Hungarian Army from 1867 to 1914
- Imperial-Royal Landwehr (of Austria), 1867 to 1918
- Austro-Hungarian Army (k. u. k. Armee), the ground force of the Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy from 1914 to 1918
- German-Austrian People's Army (Deutschösterreichische Volkswehr; German-Austrian Militia), 1918 to 1920
- Austrian Federal Army (Bundesheer 1. Republik), 1920 to 1938
- Austrian Federal Army (Bundesheer), since 1955
See also:
- Army of the Holy Roman Empire (Reichsarmee), created in 1422, and came to an end even before the Holy Roman Empire was wound up in 1806, as the result of the Napoleonic Wars
- Imperial Army (Kaiserliche Armee), for short, was a name used for several centuries
- especially to describe soldiers recruited through the Archduchy of Austria (de) for the Roman-German Emperor during the Early Modern Period
- Knight's Cross recipients of the Bundesheer
Further reading:
- Christian Frech / Markus Pichler / Peter Steiner / Iakovos Vlachos: Österreichs Generäle 1919–1955 – Die Generäle der 1. Republik und des Bundesstaates bis zur 2. Republik 1955, 4 Volumes, Verlag Militaria, Wien 2021
External links:
