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Vermeiren, Jan - The ‘Rebirth of Greater Germany’: The Austro-German Alliance and the Outbreak of War

Keywords:

Austro-Hungarian declaration | German war | Habsburg Monarchy | outbreak

ISFWWS-Keywords:

Germany | Austria-Hungary | Pre-war period | Home fronts | Politics | Society

Abstract:

This chapter examines the outbreak of Greater German euphoria at the start of the war and the altered Reich German perception (and more precisely, public depiction) of an ally previously seen as an anachronistic and mortally ill entity, shattered by st…