In 1916, General Alexei Brusilov launched one of the most devastating offensives of World War I against Austro-Hungarian forces in Galicia. Rejecting the narrow breakthrough tactics that had ...
A young Bosnian Serb had one plan to free his people from the monarchy of Austria-Hungary: kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the crown. The intricate assassination plan ended up setting off a ...
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was only the trigger — the real causes ran deeper. Austria-Hungary saw a chance to destroy Serbia; Serbia saw a chance to prove its strength. This episode ...