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The endowment and modernization efforts of the Romanian army during the period of neutrality
The outbreak of the Great War in the summer of 1914 found Romania with a predominantly agrarian economy. On the eve of the First World War, indigenous industrial production only met about one third of the goods needed for the domestic market. Industrial...
The meeting of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and King Ferdinand of Bulgaria on the territory of Romania (September 21, 1917)
Between September 20-24, 1917, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany made a trip to the Romanian territories occupied by the Central Powers. The German sovereign avoided the capital of Romania. During this visit, the German sovereign met with King Ferdinand of Bulgaria in the...
Shortages in the Romanian territory occupied by the Central Powers (1916-1918)
Between 1916 and 1918, the countless forced requisitions by the German occupation forces and the cruel exploitation of Romania’s resources took its toll on the civilian population. In order to export to Germany as many Romanian agricultural products as it could, the...