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After a series of quick tactical victories on the numerically overpowered Austro-Hungarian forces in Transylvania, in the autumn of 1916, the Romanian Army suffered a series of devastating defeats, which forced the Romanian military and administration to withdraw to Western Moldavia, allowing the Central Powers to occupy two thirds of the national territory, including the state capital, Bucharest.
Erich von Falkenhayn's cavalry entering Bucharest on December 6, 1916. August 27 – Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary. The Romanian Army begins an offensive in Transylvania. August 27-November 26 – Battle of Transylvania - Although initially successful, the offensive was brought to a halt after Bulgaria's attack on Dobruja.
Romania joined the Allies in World War I in August 1916 when its forces invaded Transylvania across the border in the Carpathian Mountains. The Romanian forces quickly defeated the small number of Austro-Hungarian forces based in the border area and started their advance into Austro-Hungarian territory, but were soon halted.
The Romanian Battlefront in World War I (2012) excerpt and text search; Vinogradov, V. N. "Romania in the First World War: The Years of Neutrality, 1914–1916", The International History Review 14, 3 (1992): 452–461. Great Britain. Admiralty. A Handbook of Roumania (1920) focus on prewar economy and society [online free]
The Romanian river monitors at Rasova. The First Battle of Cobadin was a battle fought from 17 to 19 of September 1916 between the Bulgarian Third Army and the Romanian–Russian Army of the Dobruja. The battle ended in Entente tactical victory and forced the Central Powers to hold their offensive and assume a defensive stance till the middle ...
The Romanian Debacle [1] consisted in a series of battles between November and December 1916 which led to the Central Powers conquest of Bucharest, the capital of Romania. Russian forces joined the Romanians at the start of December.
Romania portal; History portal; ... French Military Mission to Romania (1916–1918) H. Hypothesis Z; J. First Battle of the Jiu Valley; Second Battle of the Jiu ...
On 27 August 1916, the Romanian Army launched an attack against Austria-Hungary, with limited Russian support. The Romanian offensive was initially successful and Romania managed to occupy 1/3rd of Transylvania, but when the German army arrived in Transylvania the Romanians began to be pushed back. [241]