by Laurentiu Dologa | May 17, 2020 | Hungary
Major Nancovici, an envoy of the Romanian commission in Budapest, drew up a brief report on the state of the Hungarian capital after the first few days of occupation. Surprisingly, while people were starving, the Bolsheviks had gathered in the ”Hungarian Discount and... by Laurentiu Dologa | May 14, 2020 | Hungary
Bela Kun’s dictatorship lasted for half a year. Half a year in which the policies of the Bolshevik regime ruined the country. In a last ditch effort to regain popular support, the dictator rallied his armies against the Czechoslovaks and Romanians, wanting to take... by admin | May 12, 2020 | World War I in 1918
Three military campaigns in the First World War are strikingly similar to what would become known in the Second World War as Blitzkrieg. The campaign of the Germans and Austro-Hungarians at Gorlice-Tarnów, the one at Caporetto, and especially the one in Romania in... by Ciprian Stoleru | May 9, 2020 | Romania, World War I in 1918
In the Romanian military campaign of the Central Powers in 1916, German forces used a technique that later, in the Second World War, would be known as Blitzkrieg. Today, the Blitzkrieg is normally associated with the Second World War, mainly with the first campaigns... by Ciprian Stoleru | May 6, 2020 | Romania, World War I in 1918
Historian Michael B. Barrett considers that the Austro-German campaign in Romania during 1916 can be considered a precursor to the Blitzkrieg of the Second World War. The man in charge with organizing and implementing the campaign was General Erich von Falkenhayn, the...