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"Overall the fighting power of the K.ü.k. Army was hugely dimished after 3 months in the Carpatians, reducing it to little more than a barely trained militia. The latest march bataillons had trained with wooden rifles due to a shortage firearms, receiving only real weapons when they reached the front line."

Significant remarks by the author at the end of chapter 10, a comprehensive summary of what were the conditions of the three armies involved in the bloodbaths of 1915.