Selected Abbreviations

AK

Army Corps (in referring to a specific corps, the unit number is in roman numerals: for example, VIAK for VI Army Corps)

AOK

Army Headquarters (without a number, refers to the Austrian Army Headquarters in Teschen; with a number, such as 1AOK or 9AOK, refers to a specific Austrian or German army)

BAMA

Bundesarchiv-militärarchiv, Freiburg in Breisgau, Germany

BArch

Bundesarchiv, Photographic Archive, Koblenz, Germany

BKA

Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv, IV Kriegsarchiv, Munich, Germany

BKA, Stg.

Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv, IV Kriegsarchiv, Munich, Germany, Staudinger Photographic Collection

KTB

Kriegstagebuch (war diary, or combat logbook, kept by units)

LB-W

Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany

OHL

Oberste Heeresleitung, the German High Command in Pless

ÖStA

Österreichisches Staatsarchiv, Kriegsarchiv, Neue Feldakten, Vienna, Austria

ÖStA, Ru.

Österreichisches Staatsarchiv, Kriegsarchiv, Romanian Photographic Collection

RGVIA

Rossiskii Gosudarstvennyi Voenno-Istoricheskii Arkhiv, Moscow, Russia

RNMM

Romanian National Military Museum, Bucharest

RRM

Ministerul Apararii Natjionale, Serviciul “istoric,” Marele Stat Major. Romania in razboiul mondial 1916–1919. 8 vols. Bucharest: Imprimeria Nationala, 1934–1946.

TNA

The National Archive, Kew, England

USAHEC

Army Heritage and Education Center, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pennsylvania