by Ciprian Stoleru | Nov 9, 2018 | Romania, World War I in 1918
The impact of the defeat at Tutrakan (September 1916) on public opinion was very high. The morale of the population and the army diminished so drastically that a major crisis occurred at the level of the army’s superior headquarters, with more tragic consequences than... by Ciprian Stoleru | Nov 8, 2018 | Romania, World War I in 1918
Romania’s entry on the side of the Entente in the First World War provoked a real nervous crisis to Emperor Wilhelm of Germany, firmly convincing him that he had lost the war. The mood of the Kaiser would change radically in just 10 days after the defeat suffered by... by Ciprian Stoleru | Nov 7, 2018 | World War I in 1918
If the Central Powers sighed in relief after the Tutrakan victory, the same cannot be said about Romania. The news of the fall of Tutrakan came as a shock for the Romanian public opinion, who until then cheered on the army in its advance in Transylvania. Everyone in... by Ciprian Stoleru | Nov 5, 2018 | Romania, World War I in 1918
With the thought of liberating Transylvania, Romania had found itself on August 27, 1916 in the tactical nightmare of waging a war on two fronts. While its armies advanced into Transylvania without encountering any major resistance, the same thing would not be... by Ciprian Stoleru | Nov 2, 2018 | Romania, World War I in 1918
On August 27, 1916, at nine o’clock in the evening, the Romanian plenipotentiary minister in Vienna, Edgar Mavrocordat, handed to the Austro-Hungarian authorities the declaration by which Romania was in a state of war with the Austro-Hungarian Empire. That same...