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As everyone, who is familiar with the era of the Great War knows how ill-equipped and poorly funded the Austro-Hungarian common army was, because both Austria and Hungary was more willing to spend on the second-line armies, the Landwehr and the Honvéd; an interesting idea came to my mind. What if Austria and Hungary both had their own respective armies linked only by the Emperor/King an Supreme Commander and some kind of alliance-like joint Overhighcommand?

Let's say the Ausgleich goes different and Franz Joseph is more willing to contribute towards the Hungarian demands.

In my opinion, it would make both sides of the Empire more willing to spend on the military, since they not only would compete with other Great Powers, but with each other as well.

What do you think about it? How could it change the Great War? Please share with me your opinion!

(The navy would remain common though.)
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