Die Habsburgermonarchie und der Erste Weltkrieg

This volume presents in 77 tables a statistical documentation of developments in Austria, in Hungary including Croatia-Slavonia and in Bosnia-Herzegovina from 1913 to 1918: population movement, public health service, the imperial and royal army, war casualties and the Army Medical Service, civil supply and agricultural production, the war economy as well as war financing. The First World War had a dramatic impact on nearly all aspects of human life. Services on the front withdrew large parts of the male population from the civilian world. In military, garrison duty was exchanged for war duty. The war provoked waves of refugees and evacuations that were demanded by the military. These homeless persons were interned for years in barracks or in local communities. The growing masses of prisoners of war were largely forced to work. In all areas of production the loss of male labour had to be compensated for by women. Production and transportation were subordinated to military necessity, and large areas of civilian life were regulated by military law. In consequence, civil supply suffered unavoidably, especially and dramatically in the food sectors. The result was, on the one hand, hunger riots, which led to massive strike movements from 1917 onward, and, on the other hand, a black market, which little by little reduced the control of the state over production and distribution. The financial costs of war led to a national debt, which put a heavy, long-term load on economic reconstruction after the war.