Failure of US Army's 'Austria Battalion' in World War II

A historical account from 1942 details the creation and eventual failure of an Austrian unit within the US Army, initiated by the Habsburgs and derided as an 'operetta army,' whose soldiers' biographies tell a different story.

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Warum das "Österreich-Bataillon" der US-Armee im Zweiten Weltkrieg scheiterte

1942 entstand in den USA auf Betreiben der Habsburger eine österreichische Einheit – verspottet als "Operettenarmee". Die Biografien der Soldaten erzählen eine andere Geschichte

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Failure of US Army's 'Austria Battalion' in World War II

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