The Battle of the Somme, in the diary of a British soldier: «I slept for about an hour a day, always standing up. Often, when from sheer exhaustion I doze off, I’m awakened by a rat on my shoulder.»

The Battle of the Somme, in the diary of a British soldier: «I slept for about an hour a day, always standing up. Often, when from sheer exhaustion I doze off, I’m awakened by a rat on my shoulder.»

by | Dec 21, 2019 | World War I in 1918

The lost diary of a soldier reveals the daily dramas of the soldiers, illustrating a bleak reality, marked by soldiers who killed their own comrades in the confusion of battle. The soldier was called Harry Drinkwater and he describes the Battle of the Somme in...
The Battle of Orșova

The Battle of Orșova

by | Dec 18, 2019 | World War I in 1918

Both the documents of the time, as well as the works that appeared after the First World War, give a broad description of the military actions carried out in the area of Vârciorova- Orşova (Mehedinţi County) and highlight how the Romanian soldier fully understood his...
The Battle of Bazargic

The Battle of Bazargic

by | Dec 16, 2019 | World War I in 1918

The Battle of Dobrici or the Battle of Bazargic was a battle of the First World War, part of the Romanian campaign, which ended with the victory of the Bulgarian troops and the withdrawal of the Russian-Romanian troops to Cobadin, on the Oltina-Kara Omer-Mangalia...