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On 19 January 1878, the Ottoman Empire requested an armistice, which was accepted by Russia and Romania. Romania won the war but at a cost of about 10,000 casualties. Additionally, another 19,084 soldiers fell sick during the campaign. [14] [15] Its independence from the Porte was finally recognized on 13 July 1878.
This new state sought independence from the Ottoman Empire's vassalage, and in 1878, it fought a war against it alongside Russia. However, the latter would annex Southern Bessarabia, which was recovered decades before. Romania received Northern Dobruja as compensation, and would wage a war for the southern part against Bulgaria in 1913.
Conquest of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror in 1453. After striking a blow to the weakened Byzantine Empire in 1356 (or in 1358 – disputable due to a change in the Byzantine calendar), (see Süleyman Pasha) which provided it with Gallipoli as a basis for operations in Europe, the Ottoman Empire started its westward expansion into the European continent in the middle of the 14th ...
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due to the reestablishment of the Bulgarian state, Ottoman Empire lost its common border with Romania; 4,302 dead and missing 3,316 wounded 19,904 sick Carol I: Ion C. Brătianu: Alexandru Cernat: Gheorghe Slăniceanu (until Aug. 1877) Constantin Barozzi (Aug. – Oct. 1877) Ştefan Fălcoianu (from Oct. 1877)
Depiction of Romanian troops storming the Grivitsa redoubt during the Romanian War of Independence, 1877. The military history of Romania deals with conflicts spreading over a period of about 2500 years across the territory of modern Romania, the Balkan Peninsula and Eastern Europe and the role of the Romanian military in conflicts and peacekeeping worldwide.
That same year Romania and Poland concluded a defensive alliance against the emergent Soviet Union, and in 1934 the Balkan Entente was formed with Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey, which were suspicious of Bulgaria. [268] Until 1938, Romania's governments maintained the form, if not always the substance, of a liberal constitutional monarchy.
The next year, the invasion was repeated but repelled at the Battle of Molodi. The Crimean Khanate continued to invade Eastern Europe in a series of slave raids, [23] and remained a significant power in Eastern Europe and a threat to Muscovite Russia in particular until the end of the 17th century. [24] Battle of Lepanto in 1571.