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inexplicable unsuccess, as it seemed to many – was followed by equally baseless criticism and complaint. The truth is, that when Brussilov and Sarrail had once failed to achieve their purpose, her chances of victory were gone. She had attempted a strategic problem which only a wild freak of fortune could have permitted her to solve. Her numbers from the start were too small, too indifferently trained, and too weakly supplied with guns. Nevertheless, once she stood with her back to the wall, this little people, inexpert in war, made a stalwart resistance. Let justice be done to the fortitude of the Rumanian retreat. Her generals were quick to grasp the elements of danger, and by their defence of the central passes prevented the swift and utter disaster of which her enemies dreamed. After months of fighting, during which his armies lost heavily, Falkenhayn gained Wallachia and the capital; but the plunder was not a tithe of what he had hoped for. The Rumanian expedition was, let it be remembered, a foraging expedition in part of its purpose, and the provender secured was small. The ten weeks of the retreat were marked by conspicuous instances of Rumanian quality in the field, and the battles of Hermannstadt and the Striu valley, the defence of the Predeal, Torzburg, and Rotherthurm Passes, the first battle of Targu Jiu, and

3074:"Cloșca" and "Crișan". The education given to the volunteers enrolled in the new units, emphasized the development of the Romanian national consciousness and the love for their country, which was to be Romania, a country that many knew only through the hostile propaganda of Austria-Hungary. Also, this education aimed to eliminate the distrust in the new Italian ally, as well as the difficulties of communication with other soldiers from the other Romanian historical regions. The only language used in military service was Romanian. Officers of Romanian origin had a complex training program, which included, among other things, the study of the Italian language. The equipment and endowment of the constituted units and subunits was made with Italian military equipment. The enlisted POWs received the corresponding rank in the Italian Royal Army. The sedentary part of the Romanian Legion, under the command of Colonel Camillo Ferraioli, was established at 835: 729: 498: 10893: 271: 4618: 3321:, but had to withdraw under the pressure of the enemy forces. Mackensen's success was favoured by the failure of the Allies to fulfill the obligation they had assumed through the military convention, by virtue of which they had to mount an offensive on the Macedonian front and the conditions in which the Russians deployed insufficient troops on the battlefront in the south-east of Romania. These factors meant that the Romanian forces became too strained to put up effective resistance against the enemy advance. Romania had to fight on two 1,600 km-long battlefronts, the longest front in Europe, with a varied configuration and diverse geographical elements (by comparison, the Russian front, stretching from the 3457: 921: 572: 4182: 3333: 2661: 912: 793: 784: 561: 374: 10785: 4260: 3967:. The re-organization pursued the reduction of the effectives of the "Operations Army" to parameters that suited the country's resources for waging a long campaign. The infantry divisions were ensured identical structure to make replacements and maneuvers easier on the battlefront and to have a fire power comparable with that of the enemy. The army corps became only a command body for tactical coordination. The cavalry divisions received more machine guns. The artillery material underwent a homogenization process, with two regiments (one cannon, the other howitzer) for each division, while the heavy artillery was organized as a distinct group. 199: 1000: 740: 894: 766: 539: 352: 340: 328: 932: 583: 173: 4523: 3517: 3895:

this period, they failed to achieve their fundamental political and strategic goal to defeat Romania and knock it out of the war. Despite heavy casualties, some 250,000 men (almost one third of the manpower mobilized in August 1916) compared to 105,000 Central Power casualties (including 60,000 Germans), and losses of combat material, the Romanian army was still a force taken into consideration by allies and enemies alike and capable of offering resistance to further attacks. Part of the population moved to the free territory, together with the Romanian government, royal court and public authorities, which relocated to

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increased significantly, who have developed a good reputation and a good image among the civilian Italian population. The ease with which Italian citizens were able to communicate with the Romanians in relation to Germans and Hungarians, as well as their spirit of sacrifice associated with the demonstration of being good workers, led to the respect of the Italian civilians towards Romanians. This went to the point where Italian civil solidarity and assistance committees were spontaneously created, reserved for Romanian citizens and their families left in the homeland.

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branches to rebuild the evacuated factories and workshops, increase the production destined for the national defense and the productivity yielded by the exploitation of the few petroleum and coal resources in the free zones. Agriculture received special attention to help meet basic nutritional needs and ensure a minimal living standard to the population in the free part of the country, and also to assist the refugees who had left their houses in front of the enemy invasion, the Romanian army and the Russian troops (who numbered about one million by early 1917).

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responded with a declaration of war on Romania the next day (28 August). The dates of the Bulgarian and Ottoman declarations of war are disputed. Ian Beckett says that Bulgaria did not issue a declaration of war prior to its attack of 31 August. Other sources place the declaration on 30 August or 1 September. The Ottoman declaration took place either on 29 August, 30 August or 1 September. Within two days of her own declaration, according to one source, Romania found herself at war with all the Central Powers.

7977: 4479: 10918: 4499: 2793: 4275: 3959:(Army Group Prezan) were reshuffled inland, the Romanian Second Army, which had preserved its combat structures and force to a great extent, remained on the front in southern Moldavia, where, alongside Russian forces, it checked the enemy advance. The reorganization was initiated by King Ferdinand and the Romanian government. It was carried on under their leadership and control in the free national territory, in spite of Russian attempts to shift the Romanian army beyond the 11220: 11005: 10993: 10981: 10961: 903: 775: 550: 363: 4028:, which supervised the process and helped retrain Romanian troops. In early June 1917, the Romanian army's strength grew to about 700,000 men, organized in 207 infantry battalions plus 60 march battalions, 110 cavalry squadrons and 245 artillery batteries, divided among two armies and five corps. The results obtained in terms of re-organization and recovery impressed public opinion both at home and abroad and were to be confirmed in the great battles of the ensuing months. 4606: 4594: 3916: 4582: 4419: 4463: 3583: 949: 848: 808: 696: 685: 661: 649: 441: 430: 419: 408: 397: 386: 3513:, who was to enter the consciousness of all Romanians as the "Heroine of the Jiu". The operation for the defense of the Carpathians holds a prominent place in Romanian military history not only because it was one of the most difficult operations waged by the Romanian army until then, but also because it was one of the most important as regards the complexity of the actions carried on and the highly valuable lessons derived from their evolution. 11120: 10803: 7882: 186: 2807: 2909: 3453:, in the north of the country, retreated without much pressure from the Austro-Hungarian troops, so that by 25 October the Romanian army was back to its initial positions. The Central Powers succeeded in taking the strategic initiative in Transylvania by concentrating significant military forces rapidly brought in from the other theatres of operations in Europe and exploiting a quick shift of Romanian units to the battlefront in Dobruja. 11166: 214: 11340: 4205: 3054: 966: 857: 817: 596: 4093: 2861:

resources of a country which had scarcely one twentieth of the population of the two great states. Judging by the military situation, it was to be expected that Rumania had only to advance where she wished to decide the world war in favor of those Powers which had been hurling themselves at us in vain for years. Thus everything seemed to depend on whether Rumania was ready to make any sort of use of her momentary advantage.

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the Romanian Command completely took over the command of the battle from the Russians. The confrontation reached its climax on 19 August, with the result that enemy's attempts to advance were completely thwarted. The third stage (20 August – 3 September) actually saw the last German attempt at least to improve their positions in view of a new offensive, this one also confounded by the Romanian response.

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purposes and blocked any shipments intended for civilians back in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The result was that the officers lived well, as the civilians began to starve. Vienna even transferred training units to Serbia and Poland for the sole purpose of feeding them. In all, the Army obtained about 15 percent of its cereal needs from occupied territories.

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whom up to 150,000 were killed in action. Approximately 16% of the pre-war Austro-Hungarian population consisted of ethnic Romanians. Although most Transylvanian Romanians were loyal to the Empire, over time, their loyalty faded as the war progressed, especially after Romania joined the war. According to studies made by the army of the

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planned for the Focșani-Nămoloasa region. After the Mărăști operation had been discontinued, the Central Powers tried to implement their offensive plan in the summer of 1917. They pursued to encircle and smash the Romanian and Russian forces through a blow dealt to the northwest in the direction of Focșani, Mărășești and

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did not meet the expectation of Romania's "guaranteed security" from Bulgaria. This proved to be a critical strain on Romania's ability to wage a successful offensive in Transylvania, as it needed to divert troops south to the defense of Dobruja. Furthermore, Russian reinforcements in Romania did not

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decided unilaterally to stall any offensive as a result of the grave situation created on the front in Galicia and Bukovina following the failure of the Kerensky Offensive and the counter-attack of the Central Powers, the Romanian General Headquarters saw itself compelled to discontinue the offensive

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Aware of the complex strategic situation, the Romanian Command lent its military policy a clear, realistic orientation of committing the entire population to battle, trying to act efficiently in keeping with the national goals and in harmony with the large-scale operations worked out at the coalition

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capsized in rough seas off the mouth of the Danube with the loss of 18 of her crew, including 3 French naval officers present on board. This incident has been incorrectly attributed to Ottoman mines in several English language sources, possibly as a result of wartime propaganda by the Central Powers.

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Romania entered the war at a time of strong crisis for the Entente, drawing upon itself numerous enemy forces, fighting on a very long battlefront and having to change its initial campaign plan permanently. But in spite of the human, material and military efforts made by the Central Powers throughout

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For us the mountains and plains of Bukowina, where Stephen the Great has slept for centuries. In our moral energy and our valour lie the means of giving him back his birthright of a great and free Rumania from the Tisza to the Black Sea, and to prosper in peace in accordance with our customs and our

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had three distinct stages. During the first stage (6–12 August), the troops of the Romanian First Army, together with Russian forces, managed to arrest the enemy advance and forced the Germans to change the direction of their attack toward the northwest gradually. In the second stage (13–19 August),

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The re-organization also involved the other troops (combat engineers, air force, navy) and services, which underwent notable improvements. The directions, organization and methodology of the training of the command staff and the troops were considerably improved and special training centers were set

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river, which had originally been fortified against the Russians and was facing the wrong direction, but nevertheless would end up proving invaluable, protected as it was by the impassable Danube Delta to the southeast and a flank in the Carpathians in the northwest. Fierce fighting took place in the

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to lead it. The plan envisaged the checking of the advance of the German Ninth Army from the north and north-west, as well as the encirclement and annihilation of the German-Bulgarian-Turkish units deployed south-east of Bucharest. It was a bold undertaking, using the entire reserves of the Romanian

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On 23 November, Mackensen's best troops crossed the Danube at two locations near Svishtov. This attack caught the Romanians by surprise and Mackensen's army was able to advance rapidly towards Bucharest against very weak resistance. Mackensen's attack threatened to cut off half the Romanian army. In

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were reached. In areas populated with Romanians, the Romanian troops were warmly welcomed, and the locals provided them considerable assistance in terms of provisions, billeting and guiding. However, the rapid Romanian advance alarmed the Central Powers, and within weeks sizable reinforcements began

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Animated by the holy duty imposed upon us, and determined to bear manfully all the sacrifices inseparable from an arduous war, we will march into battle with the irresistible élan of a people firmly confident in its destiny. The glorious fruits of victory shall be our reward. Forward, with the help

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In return for entering the war on Allied side, Romania demanded support for its territorial claims to parts of Hungarian Transylvania, and especially those parts with a Romanian-speaking majority. The Romanians' greatest concerns in negotiations were the avoidance of a conflict that would have to be

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We had beaten the Rumanian Army; to annihilate it had proved impossible. We had done all that was possible, but found ourselves obliged to leave forces in the Dobrudja and Wallachia which we had been able to use on the Eastern and Western fronts and in Macedonia before Rumania came into the war. In

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Whereas the German army realized it needed close cooperation from the homefront, Habsburg officers saw themselves as entirely separate from the civilian world, and superior to it. When they occupied productive areas, such as southern Romania, they seized food stocks and other supplies for their own

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The salient created by the Romanian troops in the enemy lines at the junction between the Austro-Hungarian First Army and the German Ninth Army made the High Command of the Central Powers bring forces from other sectors on the Moldavian front and change the main direction of the offensive initially

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In early July 1917, on the Romanian front, one of the largest concentrations of combat forces and war material assembled during World War I: nine armies, 80 infantry divisions with 974 battalions, 19 cavalry divisions with 550 squadrons and 923 artillery batteries, whose effectives amounted to some

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Armies had to precede those of the Romanian First Army. The German High Command, which had moved the center of gravity of its military operations to the Eastern Front in hopes of winning a victory there through the defeat of Romania and the conclusion of a peace with Russia, decided in June 1917 to

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alignment in cooperation with Russian military forces, Romania embarked on the reconstruction and strengthening of its combat capability during the first half of 1917 through multiple national efforts under highly complex international circumstances. Considerable measures were taken in all economic

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Diplomatic and political efforts to establish the Legion started in early July 1916. These efforts gained notable consistency in Italy after the "Congress of the Oppressed Nations in Austria-Hungary" was held in April 1918 in Rome, at a time when Italy became interested in further efforts to hasten

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The ethnic Romanians in Austria-Hungary entered the war from the very beginning, with hundreds of thousands of Transylvanian and Bukovinian Romanians being mobilized throughout the war; between 1914 and 1918, an estimated 400,000 to 600,000 ethnic Romanians served with the Austro-Hungarian army, of

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It is certain that so relatively small a state as Rumania had never before been given a role so important, and, indeed, so decisive for the history of the world at so favorable a moment. Never before had two great Powers like Germany and Austria found themselves so much at the mercy of the military

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the same year, would have provided better chance for victory. According to some American military historians, Russia delayed approval of Romanian demands out of worries about Romanian territorial designs on Bessarabia, claimed by nationalist circles as a Romanian land. According to British military

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Romania remained neutral when the war started, arguing that Austria-Hungary itself had started the war and, consequently, Romania was under no formal obligation to join it. At the same time, Germany started encouraging Austria-Hungary to make territorial concessions to Romania and Italy in order to

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Bodart, Gaston: "Erforschung der Menschenverluste Österreich-Ungarns im Weltkriege 1914–1918", Austrian State Archive, War Archive Vienna, Manuscripts, History of the First World War, in general, A 91. Reports that 2% of Austro-Hungarian killed/wounded were incurred on the Eastern Front (including

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in the Mărăști area. The next day, pursuing the offensive, the Romanian troops forced the enemy into an ever more disorderly retreat. This created favorable conditions for a deep penetration into the defensive disposition and the annihilation of the enemy group. However, under the circumstances in

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Mountain Company in the capture of Mount Lescului. The offensive pushed the Romanian defenders back through the mountains and into the plains by 26 November. There was already snow covering the mountains and soon operations would have to halt for the winter. Advances by other parts of Falkenhayn's

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of the same empire can compete with them for the last place in a ranking according to devotion to the state, per 100 soldiers. Also, in the first 3 years of fighting, out of about 300,000 Austro-Hungarian deserters, 150,000 were ethnic Romanians. Desertion and the transition to the enemy increased

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in the sector of the Romanian Second and Russian Fourth Armies. Initiated by surprise with three divisions, the offensive succeeded in disrupting the well-organized enemy defenses and compelling the Austro-Hungarians and Germans to retreat. By the evening, the Romanian divisions had conquered the

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In 1917, when both belligerent sides were making huge efforts to win the final victory, for Romania it was vitally important for Romanians to expel the occupying forces, since the existence of the Romanian state depended on it. After the Romanian troops had managed to bring the enemy to a halt at

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Starting on 8 August 1917, the fighting on the Mărășești front combined with an Austro-Hungarian-German offensive at Oituz. Holding out against superior enemy forces, the Romanian troops by 30 August stemmed the advance of the Gerok Group. The definitive cessation of the general offensive on the

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Although the first Romanian Transylvanian prisoners in Italy were documented as early as June 1915, it was not until 1916 that the percentage of Romanian prisoners of war from Austro-Hungarian troops became significant, and they were mainly concentrated in northern Italy. Along with prisoners of

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rivers. Initially, the Romanians experienced success, taking a large number of prisoners, however Mackensen was able to shift forces to deal with the sudden assault and Falkenhayn's forces responded with attacks at every point. Faced with the overwhelming superiority of the invading forces, the

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Following requests for enlistment to fight against Austria-Hungary, the Romanian volunteers were incorporated in July 1918 into the Italian Royal Army, to be enlisted in October of the same year in a large national unit. Between July and October 1918, three companies were formed, named "Horea",

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Contemporary history is rarely just to failure. Only when the mists have cleared and the main issues have been decided can the belligerents afford to weigh each section of a campaign in a just scale. Rumania's entry into the war had awakened baseless hopes among her Allies; her unsuccess – her

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Particularly in the province of L'Aquila, where a strong earthquake destroyed the roads and civil structures on January 13, 1915, the need for manpower led to the establishment in Avezzano of a camp with 15,000 prisoners. Over time, the component represented by prisoners of Romanian origin has

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no later than August 1916, that Russia would send troops into Dobruja, and that the Romanian army would not be subordinated to Russian command. The Allies were to send 300 tons of provisions on a daily basis. According to the Romanian account, most of these clauses, with the exception of those

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Considerable progress was achieved with the technical-material equipment of the army by means of its provisioning with armament, ammunition and other combat resources from inside the country, but even more importantly from abroad. The Allies supported the maintenance of the Romanian front by

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The Romanian government signed a treaty with the Allies (France, Britain, Italy, and Russia) on 17 August 1916 that pledged to declare war on Austria-Hungary by 28 August. The Romanian ambassador in Vienna actually transmitted the declaration of war on 27 August. Germany, caught by surprise,

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Romanian front by the Central Powers on 3 September 1917 marked a strategic defeat and a considerable weakening of their forces on the South-Eastern front. The response of the Romanian army in fact created the strongest blow to the Central Powers that was dealt in Eastern Europe in 1917.

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14 kilometer-wide and 4 kilometer-deep. On the next day, this area was expanded, with 8 Bulgarian settlements ending up in Romanian hands. However, due to the deteriorating situation in Transylvania, the offensive was cancelled on 3 October. The Austro-Hungarian river monitors

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In October 1916, the Romanian army mounted a wide-scale operation, the main target of which was the defense of the mountain passes in the Southern and Eastern Carpathians against the ever-stronger pressure of the German and Austro-Hungarian forces. Grim fights erupted in the

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10,594 out of 521,146 fatalities). While the casualty records are incomplete (Bodart on the same page estimates the missing war losses and gets a total figure of 1,213,368 deaths rather than 521,146), the proportions are accurate. Two percent of Austro-Hungarian casualties

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passes. The latter, however, had been occupied by Bavarian mountain troops in a flanking movement, and the Battle of Turnu Roșu Pass ended with the Romanians retaking the pass at a cost of 3,000 men. On 17 October the Romanian Second Army attacked the Austro-Hungarians at

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It is the day of the union of all branches of our nation. Today we are able to complete the task of our forefathers and to establish forever that which Michael the Great was only able to establish for a moment, namely, a Romanian union on both slopes of the Carpathians.

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and one in Transylvania) and written guarantees of Romanian territorial gains after the war. They demanded an agreement not to make a separate peace with the Central Powers, equal status at the future peace conference, Russian military assistance against Bulgaria, an

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arrived from Western Europe. In parallel, efforts were made to meet the food and health care needs and special heed was paid to strengthening the soldiers' morale. A notable contribution to the reconstruction of the Romanian army was made by the 1,600-strong

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from Bulgaria in the south. Despite initial successes in Transylvania, after German divisions started aiding Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria, the Romanian forces (aided by Russia) suffered massive setbacks, and by the end of 1916 out of the territory of the

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army, but it needed the cooperation of Russian divisions to contain Mackensen's offensive while the Romanian reserve struck the gap between Mackensen and Falkenhayn. However, the Russian army would not endorse the plan and did not support the attack.

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was one of the major aims pursued by the Central Powers. Given their dramatic character, the clashes for the Predeal town and railway station were frequently compared with the heaviest fights on the Western Front. Similar fights took place in the

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It has brought the day which has been awaited for centuries by the national conscience, by the founders of the Romanian State, by those who united the principalities in the war of independence, by those responsible for the national renaissance.

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that stipulated Romania's obligation to go to war only if Austria-Hungary was attacked. While Carol wanted to enter World War I as an ally of the Central Powers, the Romanian public and the political parties were in favor of joining the

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significantly in frequency on the Western Front in the last 2 years of the war, significantly affecting Austro-Hungarian military units in their structure and firepower. This has sometimes resulted in failures of entire front sectors.

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arrived to halt Mackensen's army before it cut the rail line that linked Constanța with Bucharest. Fighting was furious, with attacks and counterattacks until 23 September. The Central Powers suffered a tactical defeat in the

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to bring Romania into the war. Once there, he quickly formed the view that an unprepared and ill-armed Romania facing a war on two fronts would be a liability, not an asset, to the Allies. This view was brushed aside by

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while the cavalry tried to slow the German advance in order to give it time to organize a defensive line along the Olt. Although the Romanian army made attempts to stop the advance of the German forces, such as in the

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throughout the entire territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Black Sea. In the Mărăști zone, however, the Romanian units continued the offensive until 30 July upon the request of their commander, General

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With a view to achieving the unity of action of internal political forces that was indispensable to safeguarding the nation's interests, a government of national union was set up in Iași on 24 December 1916, led by

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Cavalry Regiment was almost wiped out), the Battle of the Argeș ended unfavourably for the Romanian army. Within three days, the attack had been shattered and the Romanians were retreating everywhere. Bucharest

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and by the end of the war had pumped a million tons of oil. They also requisitioned two million tons of grain from Romanian farmers. These materials were vital in keeping Germany in the war to the end of 1918.

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Romanian army, its ranks thinned from the previous actions, inferior in equipment and lacking Russian support, failed to check the enemy advance. Although it recorded numerous daring actions (among these the

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was quite large, with over 650,000 men in 23 divisions, but it suffered from poor training and equipment, particularly when compared to its German counterparts. Meanwhile, the German Chief of Staff, General

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favored Germany, while the nation's political elite favored the Entente. As such, the crown council decided to remain neutral. But after King Carol's death in 1914, his successor King

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from 10 December 1917 to 7 May 1918, a non-combatant country between 7 May 1918 and 10 November 1918, and finally a belligerent country in the Entente between 10 and 11 November 1918.

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Battle of Râmnicu Sărat between 22 and 26 December, with Mackensen's forces entering the town on 27 December. Around this time, the Russians began sending numerous reinforcements to

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that knocked Bulgaria out of World War I in the autumn of 1918, Romania re-entered the war, again on the side of the Allies, on 10 November 1918. This happened the day before

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struck a Romanian mine and sank near Brăila, the explosion killing the chief of staff of the Austro-Hungarian Danube Flotilla and a telegraphist and wounding 8 more sailors.

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were expected to leave their positions to reinforce the front in the north of Moldavia and be replaced by the divisions of the Romanian First Army (commanded by General

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type, as these were the only German naval bombers on the Romanian front. In total, from 1916 to 1918, German seaplanes serving on the Romanian front were of four types:

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other nationalities of Austria-Hungary, scattered throughout Italy, they contributed to a better understanding of the ethnic situation of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

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was sent on a minelaying mission off Sulina and never returned, being sunk by her own mines. This was probably caused by an encounter with the Romanian torpedo boat

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On 15 September the Romanian War Council decided to suspend the Transylvania offensive and concentrate on the Mackensen army group instead. The plan (the so-called

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were at their height around this time and tied down significant German forces. Nevertheless, eight divisions and an Alpine Corps were deployed under the command of

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attributes the late decision to Romania's historical hostility towards the Russian Empire and purports that an earlier entry into the war, perhaps before the

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and became the first Romanian war photographer. In total, up to 150,000 Romanians were killed in action while fighting as part of the Austro-Hungarian Army.

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offensive in the direction of Bulgaria, and the regular shipment of Allied war supplies. The military convention they signed with the Allies stipulated that

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became the new German-sponsored prime minister. King Ferdinand, however, refused to sign the treaty. The Germans were able to repair the oil fields around

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sector with a view to completely pin down all enemy forces there, annihilate the main enemy groups operating there (the German Ninth Army) and support the

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The war which for the last two years has been encircling our frontiers more and more closely has shaken the ancient foundations of Europe to their depths.

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fortress guns into field artillery. Some of the 57 mm guns were converted into anti-aircraft guns using a carriage designed by the Romanian General

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linked to the secret treaty of alliance since 1883. However, both Italy and Romania refused to honor the treaty on the grounds that it was not a case of

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camp. Out of a total of 60,000 prisoners of war of Romanian origin, 36,712 soldiers and 525 officers requested to join the Romanian Legion in Italy (

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As a result of these operations, the remaining Romanian territories remained unoccupied. Nearly 1,000,000 Central Powers troops were tied down, and

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also pushed through the mountains; the Romanian army was being ground down by the constant battle and their supply situation was becoming critical.

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800,000 men, with about one million in their immediate reserve. The three great battles, decisive for the Romanian nation's destiny, delivered at

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For 29 days, until 3 September, this sector was the scene of the most important battle fought by the Romanian army during the 1917 campaign. The

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level. Its final form ready in late May 1917, the operations plan for the Romanian front called for the mounting of a general offensive in the

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The Romanian occupation of Transylvania was widely resented by Hungarians. The Hungarian–Romanian War ended with the Romanian army entering

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was appointed as the "military governor" of the occupied territories of Romania. The Romanian Second Army made a fighting retreat to the

2810: 2457: 1035: 2829:, had correctly reasoned that Romania would side with the Allies, and had made plans accordingly. Thanks to the earlier conquest of the 2753:, before Romania entered the war, the Allies had secretly agreed not to honour the territorial expansion of Romania when the war ended. 2537:, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria. Fighting took place from August 1916 to December 1917 across most of present-day Romania, including 10778: 8740: 6826: 5833: 2871: 17: 5630:

General Stefan Toshev 1921 “The activity of the 3rd Army in Dobrudja in 1916”, p. 68; Действията на III армия в Добруджа 1916, стр. 68

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front after the initial battles. This army attacked north from Bulgaria, starting on 1 September. It stayed on the south side of the

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mount a wide-scope offensive in the north and south of Moldavia, to which end it brought over reinforcements from the other fronts.

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The Romanian army's reconstruction involved both re-organization and modernization. While the forces that had taken part in the big

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The failure of the Romanian front for the Entente was also the result of several factors beyond Romania's control. The failed

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arriving at the scene. The Entente incorrectly assumed that Germany would be unable to respond to the invasion, as the

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launched a new offensive on 19 October, after a month of careful preparations, and achieved a decisive victory in the

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was sunk by German shore artillery, three sailors were killed. On 16 April, Easter Monday, the Romanian torpedo boat

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spite of our victory over the Rumanian Army, we were definitely weaker as regards the conduct of the war as a whole.

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line on 19 January failed. Thus, the front stabilized and allowed for the Romanian army to be refitted and rebuilt.

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and one coal barge were damaged by Romanian coastal batteries and one large barge loaded with explosives was sunk.

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on 19 September, forcing them to halt their advance until mid-October. On 30 September, near the Romanian port of

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in May 1918, before reentering the war on 10 November 1918. It had the most significant oil fields in Europe, and

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On 22 September, Romania achieved its greatest naval success of the war, when the Austro-Hungarian river monitor

3669: 3544: 3505:, offered strong resistance. The Romanian soldiers were supported everywhere by the civil population; during the 1283: 600: 9230: 3607: 2973:. Romanian troops fought on all European fronts of the Dual Monarchy, some of them being distinguished, such as 1770: 11079: 10739: 10358: 10353: 10348: 10338: 10032: 8684: 8659: 8557: 8223: 7529: 7308: 6903: 6898: 6757: 6483:Șerban, Ioan I (2000). "Constituirea celui de-al doilea corp al voluntarilor români din Rusia – august 1918 ". 4834: 4371: 4308:

with the Central Powers. It imposed harsh conditions on the country, but recognized its union with Bessarabia.

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on 5 January 1917. Toward the end of the month, extreme frost gave the Bulgarians an opportunity to enter the

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refused to sign it, hoping for an Allied victory on the western front. In October 1918, Romania renounced the

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Glenn E. Torrey, "The Battle of Turtucaia (Tutrakan) (2–6 September 1916): Romania's Grief, Bulgaria's Glory"

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53 mm gun removed from its turret and installed on a Romanian-built gun carriage (thus made an infantry gun)

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Volantini di guerra: la lingua romena in Italia nella propaganda del primo conflitto mondiale, Damian, 2012

4181: 3350:, while the front-line Romanian and Russian forces were supposed to launch an offensive southwards towards 3332: 3218: 2968: 1177: 543: 4723: 3097:, Montello, Sisemolet, Piave, Cimone and Monte Grappa. After the end of the war, they participated in the 2876:

Between 1914 and 1916, 59 Romanian factories produced 400,000 artillery rounds, 70 million bullets, 1,500

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Moldova: A Romanian Province Under Russian Rule: Diplomatic History from the Archives of the Great Powers

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Moldova: A Romanian Province under Russian Rule. Diplomatic History from the Archives of the Great Powers

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Romanians from Transylvania, Banat, Crișana, Sătmar and Maramureș in World War I. Investigation of ASTRA

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On 7 May 1918, in light of the existing politico-military situation, Romania was forced to conclude the

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The situation, however, once again took a turn for the worse for the Entente in November 1917 with the

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While the Romanian Army was advancing in Transylvania, the first counterattack came from Field Marshal

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continuing to deliver and supplement previously placed orders. 150,000 French 8 mm rifles, 1,760

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Particular heed was paid to the actions carried on for the defense of the Carpathians' alignment, the

2929:, the dedication of the Romanian military to the interest of Austria-Hungary was reduced, only ethnic 1971: 1712: 1637: 1148: 11083: 10973: 10442: 10210: 9794: 9782: 9544: 9529: 9250: 9141: 8835: 8813: 8562: 8552: 8485: 8015: 7863: 7702: 7458: 7348: 7074: 6999: 6852: 6796: 5148: 4409: 4305: 4097: 4069: 3289:. Bulgarian troops (aided by the German-Bulgarian Detachment) surrounded and stormed the fortress of 3274: 3094: 2776:, a fluent speaker of French, was sent to Bucharest as British military attaché on the initiative of 2736: 2153: 1993: 1842: 1722: 1658: 1544: 677: 641: 629: 613: 565: 9396: 8102: 6347:

Cazacu, Gheorghe (2013). "Voluntarii români ardeleni din Rusia în timpul Primului Război Mondial ".

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The extent of Romania's advance into Transylvania before the counteroffensive of the Central Powers.

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on 1 December 1918 by the National Assembly of Romanians of Transylvania and Hungary, gathered at

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The German high command was seriously worried about the prospect of Romania entering the war,

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with the Central Powers in May 1918. Under the terms of the treaty, Romania would lose all of

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Volantini di guerra: la lingua romena in Italia nella propaganda del primo conflitto mondiale

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Sketch pleading for the entry of Romania into war against Austria-Hungary in order to create

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region. The Romanian occupation of the area lasted for over two months, until mid-November.

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Erlikman, Vadim (2004). Poteri narodonaseleniia v XX veke : spravochnik. Moscow. p. 51

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wanted Romania to join their side in order to cut rail communications between Germany and

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Vinogradov, V. N. "Romania in the First World War: The Years of Neutrality, 1914–1916",

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response, the Romanian Command prepared a counter-offensive known under the name of the

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Torrey, Glenn E. "Romania in the First World War: The Years of Engagement, 1916–1918",

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was prompted to describe the Romanian front as "The only point of light in the East".

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330,000–430,000 Romanian civilians dead from war-related causes between 1914 and 1918

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Jelavich, Barbara. "Romania in the First World War: The Pre-War Crisis, 1912–1914",

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was launched on 10 November. One of the young officers was the future Field Marshal

2448:, which had around 2.8 milion Romanians, among approximately 5 milion other people. 11427: 11417: 11352: 11136: 11059: 11027: 10691: 10659: 10655: 9628: 9598: 9592: 9509: 9338: 9306: 9296: 9035: 8959: 8954: 8882: 8702: 8602: 8332: 8005: 8001: 7832: 7792: 7782: 7745: 7725: 7625: 7318: 7313: 7064: 5839: 5132: 4571: 4558: 4356: 4352: 4036: 3907: 3734: 3378: 3251: 3006: 2994: 2838: 2814: 2641: 2566: 2542: 2484: 2110: 1788: 1682: 1397: 1182: 1172: 244: 10880: 6717: 6640:

Torrey, Glenn E. "The Rumanian Campaign of 1916: Its Impact on the Belligerents",

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A History of the Great War: From the Battle of Verdun to the Third Battle of Ypres

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A History of the Great War: From the Battle of Verdun to the Third Battle of Ypres

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After the Romanian troops were initially able to stop the German advance on the

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The 1916 counteroffensive was mainly led by the German generals Falkenhayn and

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Third Axis, Fourth Ally: Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941–1945

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Only the three companies formed prior to October 1918 actually fought on the

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first defenses, the strongest and deepest of the defensive system of the

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On 1 December, the Romanian army went ahead with the offensive along the

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Romanian prisoners of war passing by an Austro-Hungarian howitzer at the

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from 27 August 1916 to 9 December 1917, in a state of armistice with the

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Soviet occupation of Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina and the Hertsa region

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Béla K. Király, Gunther Erich Rothenberg, Brooklyn College Press, 1987,

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On 28 November 1918, the Romanian representatives of Bukovina voted for

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Former prisoners also set up the Romanian Legion which served with the

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to prevent an invasion of southern Russia. Southern Romania, including

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attacked the Austro-Hungarian Danube Flotilla at the Bulgarian port of

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until the armistice of November 3, 1918. Taking part in the battles of

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who were repatriated to Romania in 1917. Many fought in the battles of

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Arms and the Man: Military History Essays in Honor of Dennis Showalter

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Voluntarii români ardeleni din Rusia în timpul Primului Război Mondial

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took 12 hits and was disabled for the rest of the Romanian Campaign.

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by Sir Peter G. Masefield, pp. 16–17 (1982, William Kimber, London)

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Torrey, Glenn E. "The Entente and the Rumanian Campaign of 1916",

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Prelude to Blitzkrieg: The 1916 Austro-German Campaign in Romania,

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materialize to the number of 200,000 soldiers initially demanded.

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Romanian troops repelling an Austro-Hungarian attack, October 1916

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favored the Entente. For Romania, the highest priority was taking

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Military convention between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria

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Video with the redrawing of the borders after the First World War

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