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The Romanian Front in the autumn of 1917: “A miraculous balancing act”
By engaging additional enemy troops at Mărăști, Mărăşeşti and Oituz in the summer of 1917, Romania helped its allies fighting on the Western and the Italian fronts. But more than that, the Romanian theatre of operations was one of the few encouraging episodes to the...
The battles of the Romanian Front in the summer of 1917 and their impact
The battles of Mărăști, Mărăşeşti and Oituz in the summer of 1917 had a significant impact on the forces fighting on this front and not only. If the battle of Mărășești was “the first real victory of the modern Romanian army” as the Romanian general Alexandru Averescu...
Mărășești: The prelude to battle
In the aftermath of the defeat suffered by the Central Powers at Mărăști, the German Command ordered a powerful counterattack in the area of Mărășești. For the Central Powers, the Battle of Mărăști had larger military consequences than it would first appear. In...