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Name: Romania during World War I

Type: Event

Start: 1916 AD

End: 1918 AD

Parent: World War I eastern Front

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Romanian theatre of World War I.

Chronology


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  • May 1918: Romania signed a formal peace treaty with the Central Powers, the Treaty of Bucharest of 1918. Romania ceded the Carpathian mountain passes to Austria-Hungary. The central powers evacuated the remnant territories of Romania.
  • February 1917: With the Romanian Army in full control, on 24 January/6 February, the Moldavian Democratic Republic proclaimed its independence.
  • May 1918: Dobruja falls under the administration of the Central Powers.
  • May 1918: Everything below Constanța was annexed by Bulgaria.
  • November 1918: On November 10 Romania declared war once again to the Central Powers.

  • 1. Battle of Transylvania


    Was the first major operation of Romania against Austria-Hungary during World War I.

    2. Counteroffensive of the Central Powers in Romania


    Was a counteroffensive of the Central Powers in Romania.

    3. Romanian military intervention in Bessarabia


    Was a Romanian intervention in Bessarabia during the Russian Civl War.

  • April 1918: Bessarabia, which had declared itself as the Moldavian Democratic Republic in 15 December, united with Romania on 9 April 1918.
  • January 1918: The Front Section of the Rumcherod Bolsheviks entered Chișinău. The Moldavian legislative council Sfatul Țării requested military assistance from Romania. On 26 January, the Romanian Army captured Chișinău.
  • February 1918: With the help of Moldavia's improvised combat units, the Romanians pacified Hotin, Ismail, Tighina and Cetatea Albă. The last detachments of Communist revolutionaries were driven over the Dniester and out of the country on 20 February.

  • Selected Sources


  • Treaty of Bucharest (1918), https://web.archive.org/web/20130223024635/http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/routreat.html
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