Imperial and Royal General Staff | |
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k.u.k. Generalstab | |
Active | 1867–1918 |
Country | Austria-Hungary |
Allegiance | |
Branch | Active duty |
Type | Staff |
Part of | Ministry of War |
Garrison/HQ | Ringstraße, Vienna |
Commanders | |
First Chief | Feldmarschall-Leutant Franz von John |
Last Chief | Generaloberst Arthur Arz von Straußenburg |
The Imperial and Royal General Staff (German: k.u.k. Generalstab; Hungarian: Cs. es K. Vezérkar) of Austria-Hungary was part of the Ministry of War. It was headed by the Chief of the General Staff for the Whole Armed Forces (Chef des Generalstabes für die gesamte bewaffnete Macht; Az egész Fegyveres Erők Vezérkari Főnöke), who had direct access to the Emperor.
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Responsibilities
The general staff was responsible for planning and preparations, while the Armeeoberkommando (AOK) was the operational high command. In fact, since the AOK was under the direct command of the Emperor and the Chief of the General Staff was his chief adviser, in practice the AOK was under the control of the Chief of the General Staff.
List of chiefs of the general staff
† denotes people who died in office.
No. | Portrait | Chef des k.u.k. Generalstab | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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1 | Feldmarschall-Leutant Franz von John (1815–1876) | 20 December 1867 | 1869 | 1–2 years | |
2 | Joseph von Gallina (1820–1883) | Feldmarschall-Leutant1869 | 1874 | 4–5 years | |
3 | Feldzeugmeister Franz von John (1815–1876) | 1874 | 25 May 1876 † | 1–2 years | |
4 | Anton von Schönfeld (1827–1898) | Feldmarschall-Leutant4 June 1876 | 1881 | 4–5 years | |
5 | Friedrich von Beck-Rzikowsky (1830–1920) | Feldzeugmeister1881 | 1906 | 24–25 years | |
6 | General der Infanterie Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852–1925) | 1906 | 1911 | 4–5 years | |
7 | Generalmajor Blasius von Schemua (1856–1920) | 3 December 1911 | 12 December 1912 | 1 year, 9 days | |
8 | Generalfeldmarschall Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852–1925) | 12 December 1912 | 1 March 1917 | 4 years, 79 days | |
9 | Generaloberst Arthur Arz von Straußenburg (1857–1935) | 1 March 1917 | 3 November 1918 | 1 year, 247 days |
See also
Bibliography
- Lackey, Scott W. The Rebirth of the Habsburg Army: Friedrich Beck and the Rise of the General Staff. Greenwood Press, 1995.
- Rothenberg, Gunther E. The Army of Francis Joseph. Purdue University Press, 1998.
- Sondhaus, Lawrence. Franz Conrad Von Hötzendorf: Architect of the Apocalypse. Humanities Press, 2000.