Description:Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Mikls Horthy, Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria, Wilhelm Von Tegetthoff, Bernhard Von Wllerstorf-Urbair, Archduke Friedrich of Austria, Franz Graf Von Wimpffen, Anton Haus, Rudolf Montecuccoli, Maximilian Njegovan, Maximilian Daublebsky Von Sterneck, Archduke Leopold Ludwig of Austria. Excerpt: Grand Admiral Anton Haus, 1916 Anton Haus (June 13, 1851 - February 2, 1917) was an Austrian naval officer. Despite his German surname, he was born to a Slovenian -speaking family in Tolmein (now Tolmin, Slovenia). Haus was fleet commander of the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the First World War and was the Navy's Grand Admiral from 1916 until his death. Haus entered the Navy in 1869. He distinguished himself as an instructor at the Imperial and Royal Naval Academy in Fiume (now Rijeka ); a product of his academic study was Oceanography and Maritime Meteorology (1891). Returning to a seagoing command, Haus was commander of a corvette during the multinational intervention in the Boxer Rebellion in China in 1900-01. After the suppression of the insurrection Haus remained in Peking (now Beijing ) until 1902. Promoted to Vizeadmiral in 1907, Haus was Austro-Hungarian envoy to the second Hague Peace Conference from May to October of that year. Appointed Flotteninspekteur (Fleet Inspector) in 1912, Haus succeeded Rudolf Montecuccoli as Marinekommandant (Navy Commander) and Chef der Marinesektion (Chief of the Naval Section of the War Ministry) on 24 February 1913. Perhaps unaware of the gravity of the situation, Haus was notably absent during the July Crisis of 1914. At the crucial crown council of 7 July 1914, where drastic action against Serbia was decided upon, Karl Kailer von Kaltenfels stood in for his chief. Upon the outbreak of war, Haus was named Flottenkommandant (Fleet Commander). Wh...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Austro-Hungarian Admirals: Mikls Horthy, Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria, Wilhelm Von Tegetthoff, Bernhard Von Wllerstorf-Urbair. To get started finding Austro-Hungarian Admirals: Mikls Horthy, Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria, Wilhelm Von Tegetthoff, Bernhard Von Wllerstorf-Urbair, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
76
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Books LLC
Release
2010
ISBN
1155322096
Austro-Hungarian Admirals: Mikls Horthy, Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria, Wilhelm Von Tegetthoff, Bernhard Von Wllerstorf-Urbair
Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Mikls Horthy, Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria, Wilhelm Von Tegetthoff, Bernhard Von Wllerstorf-Urbair, Archduke Friedrich of Austria, Franz Graf Von Wimpffen, Anton Haus, Rudolf Montecuccoli, Maximilian Njegovan, Maximilian Daublebsky Von Sterneck, Archduke Leopold Ludwig of Austria. Excerpt: Grand Admiral Anton Haus, 1916 Anton Haus (June 13, 1851 - February 2, 1917) was an Austrian naval officer. Despite his German surname, he was born to a Slovenian -speaking family in Tolmein (now Tolmin, Slovenia). Haus was fleet commander of the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the First World War and was the Navy's Grand Admiral from 1916 until his death. Haus entered the Navy in 1869. He distinguished himself as an instructor at the Imperial and Royal Naval Academy in Fiume (now Rijeka ); a product of his academic study was Oceanography and Maritime Meteorology (1891). Returning to a seagoing command, Haus was commander of a corvette during the multinational intervention in the Boxer Rebellion in China in 1900-01. After the suppression of the insurrection Haus remained in Peking (now Beijing ) until 1902. Promoted to Vizeadmiral in 1907, Haus was Austro-Hungarian envoy to the second Hague Peace Conference from May to October of that year. Appointed Flotteninspekteur (Fleet Inspector) in 1912, Haus succeeded Rudolf Montecuccoli as Marinekommandant (Navy Commander) and Chef der Marinesektion (Chief of the Naval Section of the War Ministry) on 24 February 1913. Perhaps unaware of the gravity of the situation, Haus was notably absent during the July Crisis of 1914. At the crucial crown council of 7 July 1914, where drastic action against Serbia was decided upon, Karl Kailer von Kaltenfels stood in for his chief. Upon the outbreak of war, Haus was named Flottenkommandant (Fleet Commander). Wh...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Austro-Hungarian Admirals: Mikls Horthy, Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria, Wilhelm Von Tegetthoff, Bernhard Von Wllerstorf-Urbair. To get started finding Austro-Hungarian Admirals: Mikls Horthy, Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria, Wilhelm Von Tegetthoff, Bernhard Von Wllerstorf-Urbair, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.