by Iulian Simbeteanu | Jan 20, 2020 | Romania
On February 23, 1917, an order issued by the Romanian Ministry of War in Iași provided for the establishment of the Russian and Transylvanian Volunteer Corps in Russia, made up of Romanians from the Austro-Hungarian army, who had been captured by the Russians. On the... by Iulian Simbeteanu | Jan 17, 2020 | Romania
The military disaster in the autumn of 1916 led to a large number of Romanian prisoners being taken into Central Powers’ prison camps. The difficulties faced by the Romanian authorities at the end of 1916 and the beginning of 1917 led to a reduced concern for the fate... by Iulian Simbeteanu | Jan 8, 2020 | Programmatic Documents
On October 12, 1918, the Executive Committee of the Romanian National Party from Transylvania met in Oradea, at the house of lawyer Aurel Lazăr, to decide how Romanians could fulfill their national objectives taking into account the imminent defeat and dissolution of... by Iulian Simbeteanu | Jan 7, 2020 | Romania, World War I in 1918
The National Military Circle is one of the oldest Romanian military institutions, established on December 15, 1876. At the end of the 19th century, at a time when the capital of Romania was modernizing at an accelerated pace, the idea of building a headquarters for... by Iulian Simbeteanu | Jan 6, 2020 | Romania, World War I in 1918
The entry of the United States of America into the First World War on the side of the Entente on April 6, 1917 gave the Romanian authorities the opportunity to try to recruit volunteers from the Romanians that were living there, in order to fight against the Central...