Ukraine’s reaction after the union of Bessarabia with Romania: Kiev demands the annexation of the territory between Prut and Dniester
The union of Bessarabia with Romania, voted by a large majority of the Chișinău Country Council on April 9 (March 27, old style) 1918, was contested by Ukraine. Kiev rejected the unification and raised claims on the territory between Prut and Dniester. The Romanian...
“As a conspiracy between nature and humans, the winter of 1917 was particularly harsh. In Iași, the thermometer dropped to -20 °, to -30 ° and even to -40 °.”
In the winter of 1917, Bucharest was under occupation, and the inhabitants of Muntenia were forced to flee. Besides poverty and disease, the main enemy was the cold. Moldavia did not expect such a large number of refugees. One of the biggest problems facing Iași, the...
How the Russian army disintegrated in less than a month on the Romanian Front
The signing of the armistice between the Central Powers, on one side, and Russia and Romania, on the other, at Focșani had unexpected effects for the troops of the Russian army on the Romanian Front. In less than a month, Russian troops disappeared from the Romanian...
How the Bolsheviks tried to dismiss the commander of the Russian troops from Romania
Russian troops on the Romanian Front began to be infected with the Bolshevik virus as early as the spring of 1917. During the summer of that year, during the battles of Mărăști, Mărășești and Oituz, some of the Russian soldiers on the Romanian Front, influenced by...
Romania’s strategy in the Focșani negotiations
The autumn of 1917 on the Romanian Front did not announce major changes. Following the battles of Mărăști, Mărășești and Oituz, the front line stabilized. While the Central Powers no longer had enough troops to force a new offensive, the Romanian soldiers had high...
The mission of General Constantin Coandă, the Romanian military attaché at STAVKA
The revolution that started in Russia in early March 1917 caused deep concern among Romanian authorities, given that Russia was the only ally that could offer Romania significant support in the fight against the Central Powers. Under these conditions, General...
Alcohol, Drugs and Psychopharmacological evolution in First World War
Throughout history, intoxicants were an important part of the war experience. The First World War was by no means an exception in that respect: its main “war drugs” were alcohol (mostly beer, brandy, rum, schnapps, wine, and vodka), morphine, and cocaine. These were...
The reaction of France on the conclusion of the armistice on the Romanian Front
Lenin’s decision to conclude peace with the Central Powers directly affected Romania. The armistice led, among other things, to the dissolution of the Russian army, which meant that the Romanian army remained the only disciplined military force on the Eastern Front....
From the diary of a hero-poet. “Come tomorrow, there we will be many more of us who will know the glorious comfort of death”
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...
A teacher on the front: “They’re all unknown heroes. How many will cry, oh Lord, after them?”
The war did not take into account profession. Horațiu Deacu was a teacher in 1914, when he left for the front. Between August 12 and October 21, 1914 he kept a diary, which was published by his family in 1930. There, on the Galician Front, the Romanian who was...