The Austro-Hungarian Army was the military of Austria-Hungary, existing from 1867 to 1918. The army consisted of three branches: the Austrian army, the Hungarian army, and the "common army" (consisting of both Austrian and Hungarian troops), and it had a strength of 7,800,000 troops in 1917 during World War I. By 1906, the Austro-Hungarian Army was 27% German, 22% Hungarian, 14% Czech, 9% Polish, 8% Ukrainian, 7% Croats and Serb, 6% Romanian, 4% Slovak, 3% Slovene, and 1% Italian. In 1896, the army's officer corps was 79% Catholic, 7% Protestant, 7% Jewish, 4% Greek Orthodox, and .1% Uniate Catholic. The military performed poorly during the war with the Russian Empire, Serbia, and Italy, so the German Empire took over leadership of the Austro-Hungarian forces. In 1918, the army was disbanded when Austria-Hungary was dissolved.
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