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 Iulian Simbeteanu | Mar 20, 2020 | World War I in 1918
The failure of the German offensive on the Western Front and the Entente’s subsequent counteroffensive on all fronts in the fall of 1918 weakened the position of the Romanian government. Installed in the spring of the same year with full backing from the Central... by Ciprian Stoleru | Mar 12, 2020 | World War I in 1918
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...