The Austrian Mountain Troops

This illustrated book of 315 pages shows the uniforma and equipment of Austrian Mountain Troops from 1906 until the end of the First World War. More than 850 colour illustrations and contemporary black and white photographs give a vivid impression of the soldiers who defended Austria-Hungary's borders in the high Alps. The Tyrolean Kaiserschützen and the mountain rifle regiments were among the bravest in the k.k. army and made a decisive contribution towards the first high mountain war in world history. Nevertheless, it was only shortly before the outbrake of the First World War that the Danube Monarchy could bring herself to form specially trained mountain units. It was these troops - often outnumbered -  who defended the borders of their homeland in the high Alps under sometimes uninmaginable conditions and sacrifices.

In this lavishly illustrated book, you can discover with what uniforms and equipment the Austrian troops went up the mountains against the enemy, what dangers and anomalies the k.k. mountain troops had to face in the mountain war and, above all, what tactics developed in mountain warfare. The war in the high mountains, fighting on glaciers, military skiing and the development of cable car systems round off the book.

For the first time the assets of the Tiroler Kaiserschützen Museum in Innsbruck, which are not accessible for the public, were photographed for this book, supplemented by rare artefacts from the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum in Vienna and from private collections.

The book is written in English entirely. A truely FANTASTIC book!!