The plan of the Central Powers to attack Romania in the spring of 1915
When the First World War broke out, Romania had been a member of the Triple Alliance since 1883. However, for the first two years of the conflict it stayed out of the war. In this context how did the military leaders in Berlin react to Romania’s neutrality? Besides...
Romania after the Great War
The fulfilment of Romania’s aspiration of national unity on December 1, 1918 opened a new chapter in the history of the country. Romania after the First World War was deeply transformed. Figures and statistics reveal this change. If, in 1912, Romania had an area of...
Romania and the regional alliances after the First World War
To ensure its security, Romania sought immediately after the end of the First World War to conclude a series of regional alliances. The Little Entente and the alliance with Poland were subsumed to this objective. The First World War did not end for Romania in November...
Queen Marie in Cluj: “Even though the cities are very Hungarian, the rural area is almost entirely Romanian”
In their visit to Transylvania, in 1919, King Ferdinand and Queen Marie could not miss Cluj. The city welcomed them with open arms, Queen Marie writing in her journal the following: “At 10:30 we arrived in Cluj, the largest city of the ones I visited. Even though the...
The British and the Northern Russia Expedition
The civil war broke out in Russia shortly before the assassination of the Romanov family. However, it only escalated after the October Revolution with the Whites challenging the Bolshevik seizure of power. It also saw the involvement of foreign British, French,...
The Statement of President Woodrow Wilson in 1918
On July 28, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson gave the following message to the American people. It was read in churches throughout the country and published in virtually all major newspapers. The Serbian flag was raised at the White House and at a number of public...
Queen Marie, on a visit to the Saxons: “…we were treated almost like saints”
In the 1919 tour of Transylvania, Queen Marie and King Ferdinand also visited the Saxon settlements, which they were very impressed with. They stayed for a while in Sibiu, one of the most beautiful and important Transylvanian cities, where they were welcomed with open...
The visit of the Royal Family in Câmpeni, at the tomb of Avram Iancu
In its journey through Transylvania, the Royal Family also stopped in Câmpeni, the place where Avram Iancu, the leader of the 1848 revolutionary movement in Transylvania, is buried. In Câmpeni, King Ferdinand and Queen Marie inaugurated a bridge, “Ferdinand I”, and...
Queen Marie, face to face with Clemenceau: “Transylvania up to the Tisa and all of Banat”
On March 6, 1919, Queen Marie asked to be received in an audience by the Prime Minister of France, Georges Clemenceau. The protocol required, even if the visit was not an official one, that the politician go to the Ritz to greet the queen. The official response was...
The suffering of the Romanian prisoners in the German camps during the First World War
Romania entered the First World War on the side of the Entente in 1916, after 2 years of neutrality. During the course of the conflict, a number of 237.942 men were taken prisoner by the armies of the Central Powers, most of them by German troops. Documents prepared...