Rebuilding an Austrian Army
- After the Second World War, a new Austrian Army (the Bundesheer) was formed to guarantee the country’s armed neutrality. But the period between 1938 and 1945 remained a point of contention. While some Austrian officers had been sidelined, the majority had served in the Wehrmacht and thus shared experiences and soldierly values. As Cold War realities necessitated a professional experienced army, a group around Erwin Fussenegger (1908–1986) dominated the new Bundesheer and contemplations about reforming the military culture and value system were postponed; while at the same time, the Bundesheer managed to prevent becoming a mere continuation of the Wehrmacht.
Author details: | Bastian Matteo SciannaGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0968344516682057 |
ISSN: | 0968-3445 |
ISSN: | 1477-0385 |
Title of parent work (English): | War in History |
Subtitle (English): | The Bundesheer’s Founding Generation and the Wehrmacht Past, 1955–1970 |
Publisher: | Sage Publ. |
Place of publishing: | London |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2019/01/01 |
Publication year: | 2019 |
Release date: | 2021/05/28 |
Tag: | Austria; Bundesheer; Cold War; Second World War; Wehrmacht; military culture |
Volume: | 26 |
Issue: | 1 |
Number of pages: | 19 |
First page: | 105 |
Last Page: | 123 |
Organizational units: | Philosophische Fakultät / Historisches Institut |
DDC classification: | 9 Geschichte und Geografie / 90 Geschichte / 900 Geschichte und Geografie |