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World War II; Served as the commander of the Royal Romanian Navy during World War II; Gheorghe Magheru (1802–1880) General [88] Served during: Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829) 1947 – retired; Major awards: Gold Sword for Bravery; Order of Saint Anna; Gheorghe Manoliu (1888–1980) Major General [89] Served during: World War II; 1945 ...
The last offensive of World War II in which the First Army took part in was the Prague Offensive in May 1945. During this offensive, the First Army operated together with the Romanian Fourth Army as part of the Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front. The offensive started on May 6, a few days before the end of the war.
The First Army was one of the major units of the Romanian military in both World War I, partaking in such operations as the Romanian offensive in Transylvania in 1916 [4] and the Battle of Mărășești in 1917, [5] [6] and World War II, seeing action on the Eastern Front, particularly after the 23 August 1944 Coup, when the First Army fought westwards alongside Soviet units in battles such as ...
The Air Force branch of the Royal Romanian forces in World War II was officially named the Aeronautica Regală Română (ARR, lit. ' Romanian Royal Aeronautics '), though it is more commonly referred to in English histories as the Forțele Aeriene Regale ale României (Royal Romanian Air Force, FARR), or simply Forțele Aeriene Române (Romanian Air Force).
Antonescu and Adolf Hitler at the Führerbau in Munich (June 1941).. In the immediate wake of the loss of Northern Transylvania, on 4 September 1940, the Iron Guard (led by Horia Sima) and General (later Marshal) Ion Antonescu united to form the "National Legionary State", which forced the abdication of Carol II in favor of his 19-year-old son Michael.
Romania: Trainer 20 Retired in 1943 1930 SET 7: Romania: Trainer 50 Retired in 1943 1931 SET 4: Romania: Trainer 30 Retired in 1943 1931 Fokker D.XVI: Netherlands: Fighter 1 Retired in 1938 1932 de Havilland DH.60 Moth: UK: Trainer 3 Retired in 1938 1932 SET 41: Romania: Trainer 10 Retired in 1939 1933 PZL P.11b: Poland: Fighter 50 Retired ...
Romanian Fighter Colours 1941-1945. MMPBooks. ISBN 978-83-89450-90-6. Muzeul Militar Național (1930). Uniformele Armatei Române 1830-1930 (PDF) (in Romanian). Bucharest: Atelierele Marvan; Rosignoli, Guido (1983). Badges and insignia of World War II: Air Force, Naval, Marine. Blandford Colour Series.
Buletinul Arhivelor Militare Române (in Romanian). No. 40/2008. pp. 47– 50. ISSN 1454-0924. Axworthy, Mark (1995). Third Axis, Fourth Ally: Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941–1945. London: Arms and Armour. Pană, Viorel (December 2019). "Aeronautica Română în apărarea frontierelor Marii Uniri - 1919" (PDF).