by Ciprian Stoleru | Aug 5, 2019 | Hungary, Romania, Treaty of Versailles
For Romania, the First World War did not end on November 11, 1918. The Romanian army’s advance to Transylvania was made in stages, and until the end of January 1919, Romanian soldiers reached the Apuseni Mountains. On March 21, 1919, the Hungarian Soviet Republic was... by Iulian Simbeteanu | Jul 31, 2019 | Hungary, Romania
The Hungarian communists did not enjoy popular sympathy in early 1919, but this would change after their leaders were detained by the police, and the party secretary, Béla Kun, was beaten in custody. The inability of Budapest’s Berinkey government to gain the support... by Ciprian Stoleru | Jun 14, 2019 | Romania
From August 4, 1914 to August 27, 1916, Romania maintained its neutrality, even though at the onset of the First World War it had been a member of the Triple Alliance since 1883. Romania was not a unique case. On July 28, 1914, Italy, which had also been a member of... by Ciprian Stoleru | May 17, 2019 | Romania, Russian Empire, World War I in 1918
The hopes of Romania, but also of the Entente, to maintain the Eastern Front through the winter of 1917-1918 were dashed by the armistice of Brest-Litovsk, signed between Bolshevik Russia and the Central Powers on November 26/December 7, 1917. The armistice would seal... by Ciprian Stoleru | Mar 12, 2019 | Romania, World War I in 1918
The human losses and destruction caused by the First World War were on an unprecedented scale for Romania. In fact, Romania ranks third in a statistic of human losses in the First War. Nearly 250.000 soldiers and 430.000 civilians died during the war, with a...