„Unteilbar und Untrennbar“, Buchcover, 1917

Even during the war the Eastern Front faded from the propaganda and media depiction spotlight compared to the theatre of war in the West. However, it is no longer true to describe discussion of the battles in the Bukovina, Galicia and the Russian part of Poland, the Baltic states and Volhynia as a neglected subject.

The Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary was a union of two states based constitutionally on the 1867 Compromise. It was reflected in shared institutions and a joint ruler, Franz Joseph, who as a person was much more than just a symbolic connecting link.