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GWASL 5: Hapsburg Ambitions
Austria Hungary
A key player in the Central Powers, Austria-Hungary
and its territorial ambitions represented a match to the tinder-box
that become World War I. The Hapsburgs, namely Emperor Franz Josef,
dreamed the dreams of conquerors. Ever an expansionist, Josef’s
latest conquest was Bosnia-Herzegovina. And it was a Bosnian Serb
that assassinated Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand, in Sarajevo. The
Austrian ultimatum to Serbia followed on 28 July 1914. On 1 August
Germany declared war on Russia, the protector of the Slavs. Within
a few days Austria declared war on Russia, then on Belgium on
7 August. By the end of 1914, Austria-Hungary and Germany would
be at war with France, Britain and Japan, and later, following
the attack on Serbia, Montenegro. There were setbacks in the campaign
against Russia in Galicia. The Austrian army had more success
in 1915, and by the middle of 1916 had conquered Serbia and Montenegro,
pushed the Russians back from Poland and by the end of 1916 a
combined German-Austrian-Bulgarian attack knocked out Romania.
The Austrians also had to face Italian attacks on the South Tirol
and the Isonzo River. It was the success of British and French
reinforcements, reaching the Balkans and Italy, that forced the
Austrian Emperor to sue for peace in October 1918. On 29 October,
as the Austrian Army fell back from the Piave River, British and
Italian aircraft fired into the fleeing columns. The Austrian
armistice took effect on 4 November 1918. A total of 1,495,200
Austro-Hungarian soldiers died during World War I.
Ownership ASLRB, GWASL 1 and all preceding GWASL modules required to play.
WHAT YOU RECEIVE
WITH EACH COPY:
- >> 4 New Geo Boards.
- >> A collection
of 8 scenarios in color format
- >> Color
die-cut counters -- 280 ½" + 88 5/8"
THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIANS
- >> Color
3-hole rules
- >> Color
cardstock folder style wrap. SHIPS UPON COMPLETION
