Template talk:History of Austria

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Did the Austrian-Hungary Empire have any colony outside continental Europe ? David Lazarus - dalazarus@hotmail.com

Hm, this is normally not a forum for discussions .... anyway:

The answer is No, in contrast to the German Empire the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary never practiced Imperialism like the Germans (e.g. in Africa).

The Austrians had enough to do with keeping together so many nations, languages, religions, etc. in ONE empire that enfold central, east- and south-Europe.

But they financed expeditions, e.g. the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition which discovered Franz Josef Land. And emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria had a brother Maximilian I of Mexico which became Emperor of Mexico and was assasinated there. -- Rfortner 13:10, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

"World War I" and "World War II" should not be here because they are part of "Austria-Hungary" and "German Austria". 96.229.179.106 (talk) 23:50, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, but I dont understand your argument, and in the second case ("German Austria") you are completely wrong, as this transitory state only existed between 1918 and 1919, afterwards it was the Republic of Austria. Also both world-wars are an important part of Austrian history (as they were for many other countries), so I don't understand your posting! -- Rfortner (talk) 17:20, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

"Austria-Hungary" article already talks about Austria in WWI. And Austria was part of Nazi Germany during the entire WWII period, which means it didn't fight the war. So we should take out 2 world wars. 96.229.179.106 (talk) 02:40, 2 January 2008 (UTC)