by Ana Maria Schiopu | Mar 25, 2020 | Treaty of Versailles, World War I in 1918
The Paris Peace Conference was about more than determining the victors and the losers or resolving territorial claims. There was the question of compensation. Clemenceau wanted to get as much of the war reparations as possible: to slow down Germany’s recovery, while... by Ciprian Stoleru | Mar 7, 2019 | World War I in 1918
In the summer of 1917, Romanian troops supported by the Russian troops attacked the forces of the Central Powers on the Moldavian Front. The auspices seemed unfavorable, but the attack at Mărăști reached and exceeded the proposed goal. The Romanian army in the spring... by Ciprian Stoleru | Dec 9, 2018 | World War I in 1918
The enormous losses of the Allies in the summer of 1915 on the Western Front and the defeat of the Russians in Poland convinced the Entente that Romania’s intervention on their side of the conflict is a necessity. The pressure started to build up considerably as the... by Ana Maria Schiopu | Aug 18, 2018 | New or Changed Borders, Romania, World War I in 1918
August 1916. A good decision followed by a string of tragedies like in a game of domino. Romania was not prepared and Bucharest had to be sacrificed. It had to be abandoned and left in the hands of the enemy. Many had left to the former capital of Moldavia-Bucharest... by ciprian | Jul 10, 2018 | Programmatic Documents, Russian Empire
April 16th, 1922. Germany and Russia, the former adversaries of World War I, met in the Italian city of Rapallo to sign a treaty through which each renounced the territorial and financial claims set in 1918 by the Peace Treaty of Brest – Litovsk. The Treaty of...