by Ana Maria Schiopu | Feb 3, 2020 | World War I in 1918
One of the thousands of heroes of the Great War who have left their testimonies and had written about their experience on the front, is Constantin T. Stoika. He died at the end of October 1916, on the Olt Valley. His journal was published in 1921, in an edition edited... by Ciprian Stoleru | Sep 19, 2019 | World War I in 1918
General Erich von Falkenhayn, the chief of the German General Staff from 1914 to 1916, stated in his memoirs that he was opposed to an ultimatum being sent to Romania in the first part of 1916. However, other sources seem to contradict him. Moreover, some of them... by Ciprian Stoleru | May 23, 2019 | Romania, Russian Empire, World War I in 1918
After the great battles of Mărăști, Mărășești and Oituz in the summer of 1917 on the Romanian Front, the situation would calm down, but only for a short while. The big problem was the social and political upheavals that troubled Russia more and more. The Russian army... by Ciprian Stoleru | May 22, 2019 | Romania, World War I in 1918
With the end of the Battle of Oituz, the Central Powers began to shift their attention, but also most of their troops, to the Western Front. On the Romanian Front, however, the Central Powers began an ample propaganda war. The Central Powers began transferring troops... by Ciprian Stoleru | Apr 8, 2019 | Romania, World War I in 1918
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...