User blog comment:I am that guy/Question to the Community/@comment-4621372-20140508215544

I'm going to chime in too.

While normally I'd believe sources, I've looked up everything that IATG has said and as far as I can say, except for the last one, every source I can find agrees with him.


 * Austro-Hungary's army was with a question much larger than Italy's, even without Germany's support.


 * Seems like an opinion to me, but I'd like to point out that this has one exception; Italy. Look up, for instance, the battle of Caporetto. The Italians couldn't get along, and were losing the war by the time the Germans surrendered and the Austrians collapsed.


 * When an army marches across the horizon with gigantic guns and the works, most civilians would do the smart thing and run for their lives. I think 60% is mild; 75-80%, more likely. Some would come back later.


 * Venice had, quite literally, no defenses. Any sane general would abandon it. There are a few parts of the city that could have held out against infantry, but not against A-H's modern artillery.


 * On this one, I am more on LG's side. I do see, despite your points, how other nations would get involved.

In conclusion, IATG, mostly, I'll agree with you.

Unless LG manages to cough up some sources that top the ones I found.