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Out of a total of 60,000 prisoners of war of Romanian origin, 36,712 soldiers and 525 officers requested to join the Romanian Legion in Italy (Legione Romena d'Italia). [37] Of the officers, one was a colonel, 5 were majors, 32 captains, 97 lieutenants, 294 sublieutenants, and 96 applicants.
The French military mission in Romania helped rebuild the Romanian Army, as Russia's was disintegrating. The reorganization of the Romanian Army had been completed by June 1917. The 1,500-strong French military mission, headed by General Henri Berthelot , included 300 officers who provided expert instruction in the use of new weapons and ...
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.
Pages in category "Romanian military personnel of World War I" The following 178 pages are in this category, out of 178 total.
On 8 and 9 October, as the Battle of Brassó was drawing to a close, two Romanian units retreated from the north and northwest and formed a defensive perimeter around Kézdivásárhely. As of 14 October, most of the Romanian North Army's positions had fallen back towards the Romanian border, with the exception of Kézdivásárhely.
The Romanian North Army had the mission of moving along three invasion routes into Eastern Transylvania, keeping contact with both the Russian Southeast Front in Bukovina and the Romanian 2nd Army North of Brașov. The North Army had the largest number of soldiers of the three Romanian armies invading Transylvania.
Pages in category "Battles of World War I involving Romania" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Romanian Air Corps; Romanian Black Sea Fleet during World War I; Romanian campaign (1917) Romanian Danube Flotilla; Romanian Front (Russian Empire) Romanian Legion of Italy; Romanian Treasure; Romanian Volunteer Corps in Russia