The successor states to the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

Language map of the Czechoslovakian Republic, illustration from Das Interessante Blatt, issue of 27 March 1919
*Copyright:* ÖNB/ANNO
*Partner:* Austrian National Library

Development

At the latest following the declaration by the USA in June 1918 of its intention to support the liberation of all Slav peoples from the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, the fate of the Habsburg Monarchy in its original form was sealed. The Czechoslovak Republic was proclaimed on 28 October 1918, the Kingdom of Hungary on 31 October, the Republic of Poland on 10/11 November, and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes on 1 December. After a short time as a soviet republic, Hungary became a kingdom without a king under Miklós Horthy. Romania, which had signed a treaty of alliance with the Entente in 1916, benefited through the Treaty of Trianon and received not only all the territories with a majority Romanian population but also territories inhabited mainly by Hungarians.

Andrea Stangl

Relevant chapters

Chapter

Italy as Victorious Power in Austria
Chapter

Austria and Italy at the End of the First World War and in the Post-war Years
Chapter

Never Ending Violence
Chapter

The End of Monarchy, the Birth of New States
Chapter

Myths and Narratives: ‘The Rest is Austria!’ … or something like that
Chapter

The disintegration of the Habsburg Monarchy – Part I: On the road to self-determination
Chapter

The disintegration of the Habsburg Monarchy – Part II: The situation in Vienna and Budapest
Chapter

The Fading-Out of the Balkan Front
Chapter

1918 – Peace between Romania and the Central Powers
Chapter

Consequences of the War on the Balkans