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INVASION RecentTitles inWar,Technology,andHistory ThunderovertheHorizon:FromV2RocketstoBallisticMissiles ClaytonK.S.Chun TheDevelopmentofMineWarfare:AMostMurderousandBarbarousConduct NormanYoungblood GIIngenuity:Improvisation,Technology,andWinningWorldWarII JamesJayCarafano IronMenandTinFish:TheRacetoBuildaBetterTorpedoduringWorldWarII AnthonyNewpower ImaginingFuture War:The West’sTechnological Revolution andVisionsof WarstoCome,1880–1914 AntulioJ.EchevarriaII CavalryfromHooftoTrack RomanJarymowycz Breakthrough:TheGorlice-TarnowCampaign,1915 RichardL.DiNardo Why Germany Nearly Won: A New History of the Second World War in Europe StevenD.Mercatante UnderstandingVictory:NavalOperationsfromTrafalgartotheFalklands GeoffreyTill INVASION The Conquest of Serbia, 1915 Richard L. DiNardo War, Technology, and History Copyright©2015byRichardL.DiNardo Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedina retrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic, mechanical,photocopying,recording,orotherwise,exceptfortheinclusionofbrief quotationsinareview,withoutpriorpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData DiNardo,R.L. Invasion:theconquestofSerbia,1915/RichardL.DiNardo. pagescm.—(War,technology,andhistory) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978–1–4408–0092–4(hardcopy:acid-freepaper)—ISBN978–1–4408– 0093–1(ebook)1. WorldWar,1914–1918—Campaigns—Serbia.2. Serbia— Strategicaspects.3. Serbia—History,Military—20thcentury.4. Strategy—History— 20thcentury.5. Militaryweapons—Technologicalinnovations—History— 20thcentury. I.Title. D561.D485 2015 940.4024—dc23 2014049105 ISBN:978–1–4408–0092–4 EISBN:978–1–4408–0093–1 19 18 17 16 15 1 2 3 4 5 ThisbookisalsoavailableontheWorldWideWebasaneBook. Visitwww.abc-clio.comfordetails. Praeger AnImprintofABC-CLIO,LLC ABC-CLIO,LLC 130CremonaDrive,P.O.Box1911 SantaBarbara,California93116-1911 Thisbookisprintedonacid-freepaper ManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica FormywifeRita,themostpatient andlovingpersonIknow. Contents Maps ix SeriesForeword xi Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1 1. ScorpionsinaBottle:Austria–HungaryandSerbia,1875–1914 5 2. SettingtheTarget:StrategicPrioritiesandDecisions, March–September1915 22 3. Forces,Plans,andPreparations:September1915 36 4. TheOpeningMoves:September25–October12,1915 59 5. FightingStormsandSerbs:October12–22,1915 78 6. TheFallofKragujeva(cid:1)candNiš:October22–November5,1915 89 7. ThePursuit:November6–30,1915 101 8. Aftermath:December1915–January1916 121 9. Assessments 131 Notes 139 Bibliography 193 Index 203 Aphotoessayfollowspage120 Maps TheCrossingoftheSaveandDanube,October5–14,1915 76 TheConquestofSerbia,October–November1915 77
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