Page - 196 - in THE FIRST WORLD WAR - and the End of the Habsburg Monarchy, 1914 – 1918

196 Adjusting to a Longer War Anyone could see that a war had unfolded that was not only great, but was above all costing a large number of lives. Just how many was concealed from the large majority of the people. Equally, they were not told that deficiencies in Austrian equipment, and armaments in particular, very quickly became apparent. These were deficiencies that it was the main objective of the armaments industry to rectify. The boom in this sector was unstoppable, as were the cutbacks in all other areas.