Post on 05-Jul-2015
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`A Hundred Years On (Nearly)
Rethinking The Great War, finally … maybe?
Austria-Hungary? Really?What does a second-tier
naval power matter now?What does intelligence
from 100 years ago have to tell us today?
Die k.u.k. Kriegsmarine
Austria-Hungary and the Mediterranean naval arms race before 1914
KM OOB 1914:4 BB (DN)9 BB7 CA 6 CL30 DD6 SS
Austro-Hungarian Intelligence
Vienna’s military espionage apparatus before 1914- readiness for war?
The Evidenzbureau- roles & missions- the Redl debacle
The Marine-Evidenzbureau- roles & missions
Vienna’s “Great Secret”
A-H code-breaking before 1914 and its place in the intelligence system
The (Viennese) birth of SIGINT
War planning, strategy, and A-H strategic concepts on the eve of the Great War
Crisis and War
Sarajevo assassination and the July Crisis
The Navy and the coming of the war
Vienna plays va banque … and loses
The Navy and the Italian threat
Intelligence in the Adriatic
Understanding the intelligence battlefield in the Adriatic
KM SIGINT and the Navy’s strategic thinking, 1915-1918
How code-breaking becomes a critical enabler for Austria-Hungary
Fleet (In)Action and Intelligence
ADM Haus and his “fleet in being”
KM HUMINT, covert action, and sabotage against Italy
A-H Naval aviation and intelligence over the Adriatic
Austria-Hungary and the U-Boat War
Vienna and unrestricted submarine warfare
The KM’s U-Boat arm and its role in the Mediterranean naval struggle
SIGINT and Austria-Hungary’s submarine arm
1917: The Pivotal Year
Unrestricted submarine warfare and the Allied blockade’s impact on Austria-Hungary
Otranto and limited surface fleet action
The “Caporetto Miracle” and illusions of victory
1918: Decline and Fall
January: Naval mutiny and the general crisis of the war effort
Piave: one last (doomed) gamble by Vienna
The Navy and the last months of war: imminent defeat
The final collapse
Assessing the Impact
What is the real role of intelligence in Austria-Hungary’s naval war?
What lessons today can be derived from the experience of the k.u.k. Marine-Evidenzbureau?
History, legacies and remembrances