by ciprian | Feb 28, 2018 | World War I in 1918
Romanian society in the first half of the twentieth century was undergoing powerful changes generated by new scientific discoveries and it did not seem willing or prepared to become involved in a world war. Romania had made great steps towards modernization in the... by ciprian | Feb 23, 2018 | Romania, World War I in 1918
On the 7th of February 1918, Romanian Prime Minister Ion I.C. Brătianu sent a telegram to the diplomatic representatives of the allied countries informing them of the request made by the Germans to conclude a separate peace and of the two alternatives that were left... by ciprian | Feb 22, 2018 | New or Changed Borders, Romania, World War I in 1918
The beginning of 1918 represented for Romania one of its most crucial historical stages which finally culminated with the Great Union on the 1st of December 1918. The battles of the summer and autumn of 1917, carried out on the Moldovian military operations theater,... by ciprian | Feb 16, 2018 | Lithuania, Programmatic Documents, Russian Empire
The outcome of the First World War created the preconditions for Lithuania, still suffering from German occupation, to reach the long-term goal of the nation: restore an independent state. In 1917, over 200 delegates convened for the Vilnius Conference and adopted a... by Ionut Costea | Feb 14, 2018 | Hungary, Romania, World War I in 1918
The French General Berthelot (1861-1931) bestirred a wave of sympathy and emulation among the Romanian people. In Romania, the general was at the head of the French military missions during the Great War, in the autumn of 1916 and during the winter between 1918-1919....