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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 ...
Pages in category "Romanian military personnel of World War II" The following 127 pages are in this category, out of 127 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
The naval war in the Black Sea commenced with the Raid on Constanța on 26 June 1941, the only encounter between major warships during the entire campaign. [1] The Romanian flotilla leader Mărăști and the destroyer Regina Maria together with the minelayer Amiral Murgescu defended the port against the Soviet cruiser Voroshilov and the Leningrad-class destroyer leaders Kharkov and Moskva.
Ion Antonescu (/ ˌ æ n t ə ˈ n ɛ s k uː /; Romanian: [i'on antoˈnesku] ⓘ; 14 June [O.S. 2 June] 1882 – 1 June 1946) was a Romanian military officer and marshal who presided over two successive wartime dictatorships as Prime Minister and Conducător during most of World War II.
Relentlessly politicized by their communist leaders, the Tudor Vladimirescu Division became a politically reliable military formation of the Romanian communists. Along with another Romanian communist unit, the Horea, Cloșca și Crișan Division , and backed by tens of thousands of Red Army troops, the Tudor Vladimirescu Division played a key ...
World War II sites in Romania (2 C) Pages in category "Military history of Romania during World War II" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total.
Pages in category "Romanian people of World War II" The following 102 pages are in this category, out of 102 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.