by Iulian Simbeteanu | May 8, 2019 | Austria, Romania, World War I in 1918
During the period of Romania’s neutrality (July 28, 1914- August 27, 1916), Germany and Austria-Hungary made constant efforts to determine the government in Bucharest to join the Central Powers. These efforts were hindered not only by Romanian public opinion, which... by Ciprian Stoleru | Sep 13, 2018 | New or Changed Borders, Romania
Between July 28, 1917 and August 27, 1916, Romania maintained its neutrality as the First World War raged on. The geostrategic position in which the country found itself and the resources available at its disposal prompted both the Entente and the Central Powers to... by Ciprian Stoleru | Sep 11, 2018 | New or Changed Borders, Romania
When a young Serbian by the name of Gavrilo Princip gunned down Franz-Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, on June 28, 1914, no one thought that it would lead to four years of bloody military confrontations. The Austro-Hungarian ultimatum addressed to... by Iulian Simbeteanu | Sep 7, 2018 | New or Changed Borders, Romania
The outbreak of the First World War caught Romania in a difficult position. It was reluctantly bound by a defensive treaty to the Triple Alliance and, implicitly, to the Habsburg Monarchy that occupied Transylvania and Bukovina, two provinces mainly inhabited by...