AUSTRIA-HUNGARY'S WAR PLANS

STRENGTHS OF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

• Part of the Central Powers
• It's alliance with Germany will help with their limitation in military forces and supplies
• Germany's steel output was higher than Russia, France, & the United Kingdom combined
• The combination of Germany's steel and coal and industry made them a valuable ally

WEAKNESSES

• Largely unsuccessful military undertakings
• Wouldn't be able to win without Germany
• Unprepared for advanced warfare and didn't have the arsenal to go to war
• Poorly located geographically
• Russia dominated the Austria-Hungary border

GAINS

• Annexation of the Kingdom of Serbia
• More revenue from taxes for the Austro-Hungarian government

LOSSES

• Loss of the Slavic population should they lose
• Multi-ethnic aspect of the empire could backfire on them
• Could lose their status as a powerful empire
• The loss of the land that Serbia would have provided would be a big economic blow

FEASIBILITY OF WAR PLANS

• Assured in their reasoning with the Backing of Germany
• Felt justified in going to war due to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand
• Russia had not fully pledged to unconditionally back Serbia (yet)
• The unconditional backing and carte Blanche by Germany gave AUT-HUN confidence

CONSEQUENCES

• Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire were dissolved
• Political instability due to the amount of races in the state
• Change due to industrialization was accelerated rapidly
• The creation of Yugoslavia as an amalgamation of
• Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, and Muslims