by Ana Maria Schiopu | Mar 29, 2020 | World War I in 1918
After three years of neutrality, the US was at war. At the beginning of 1917, Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare. This fact, combined with the indignation of the US public who had found out about the Zimmermann Telegram, led to a break in diplomatic... by Ana Maria Schiopu | Mar 27, 2020 | Romania, Treaty of Versailles
The treaties between the Allied Powers and the defeated states began to be signed beginning with the end of June 1919. Standing in between the great powers, the delegations of the smaller states each tried to have their claims recognized, while the delegations of the... 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 Ana Maria Schiopu | Mar 2, 2020 | Romania
One year after Romania entered the war, Bucharest was under German occupation. Even though the majority of Muntenia’s inhabitants took refuge in Moldavia, especially in Iași, there were many who remained. This was the case of Vasile Th. Cancicov, a writer and... by Ana Maria Schiopu | Feb 28, 2020 | Romania
During their first visit to Transylvania, the royal couple, Ferdinand I and Marie, visited Oradea, recently liberated from the Bolsheviks. It was May 23, 1919 and the beautiful Transylvanian city was waiting for its guests. Queen Marie wrote the following in her...