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Thus, 10 May became the National Day of Romania during the regal period. In 2015, it was declared a national holiday signifying the start of King Carol's reign in 1866, the state's independence, and the crowning of the first king. Official language: Romanian The main Eastern Romance language, spoken by around 24 to 28 million people Military flag
The Romanian Armed Forces have four ranks of general officer, in ascending order of rank: Brigadier General, Major General, Lieutenant General, General. In cases of exceptional military service, the President of Romania may award a general the rank of Mareșal, or Marshal of Romania, the highest military rank in the Romanian Armed Forces.
The Eurasian lynx is the national animal of Romania. There are ninety mammal species in Romania, of which one is critically endangered, one is endangered, fourteen are vulnerable, and four are near threatened. [1]
The colors depend on the service branch (armă, literally "weapon") the bearer is a member of.They show on the shoulder slides which hold the rank insignia, on the band of combination caps, and on collar insignia.
White-tailed deer (national animal) Odocoileus virginianus [18] West Indian manatee (national aquatic animal) Trichechus manatus [18] Two-toed sloth (national animal) Choloepus hoffmanni [19] Three-toed sloth (national animal) Bradypus variegatus [19] Cuba: Cuban trogon (national bird) Priotelus temnurus [20] Denmark: Red squirrel (national ...
The worst defeat for the Romanian expeditionary force on the Eastern Front occurred at Stalingrad, where, during the Soviet counter-offensive of November 1942, the thinly spread forces of the Third Army (under the command of General Petre Dumitrescu, deployed north of Stalingrad) and of the Fourth Army (under the command of Lieutenant General ...
Following the war, he climbed higher and higher in the military hierarchy, becoming a lieutenant colonel in 1920, a brigadier general in 1930, and a major general in 1937. Between 1937 and the beginning of World War II, Dumitrescu served as a military attaché in both Paris and Brussels .
In 1923 he became a lieutenant colonel, and in 1928 a colonel. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in May 1936, and to major general in June 1940. He commanded the Romanian Cavalry Corps during the initial phase of Operation Barbarossa in June 1941. With his corps he advanced from Romania to the Caucasus.