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The military situation on the Eastern Front after the exit of Russia from the First World War
The closure of the Brest-Litovsk armistice between Bolshevik Russia and the Central Powers had adverse repercussions on Romania. The military situation suddenly shifted in favour of the Central Powers, forcing Romania to request a ceasefire. But what was the military...
What was Entente’s strategy in early 1917 on the Eastern Front?
Entente’s strategy on the Eastern Front for 1917 was agreed upon at the Chantilly Interallied Conference in November 1916. Russia was to launch in 1917 a general offensive on the Eastern Front, complemented by an attack by France and England in the west. Sometimes,...
The Bolsheviks and Romania. The first step towards truce and betrayal
During the Great War, Romania’s main ally on the Eastern Front was naturally Russia. Things began to complicate in 1917, when the February Revolution took place in the Russian Empire, that resulted in the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II in March 1917. Relations between...