Posted on Oct 27, 2014 in Bucharest, Events, History, Romanian Army, Romanian Kingdom, World War II | 0 comments
Miliatry parade in Bucharest during WWII
Below are 47 images from a military parade organized in 1941, in Bucharest, Romanian troops after the victory in the Battle of Odessa during the Second World War. After the liberation of Bessarabia in 1941, the Romanian army started in August 1941, Odessa conquest operation without German support. Due to the resistance forces of the Red Army in Odessa, the Romanian army fought for three months to conquer heavily fortified city. Via:...
Posted on Nov 15, 2013 in Architecture, History, Museum, Romanian Kingdom, World War II | 0 comments
Peles Castle in Life magazine in 1940
In February 1940 Margaret Bourke-White’s first female war photographer made for LIFE magazine, an impressive series of photographs from Romania. Among them, many are dedicated to Peles Castle in Sinaia. Photos capture the exteriors and the interiors of a castle built at the wish of King Carol I, between 1873 and 1914 . Peles domain with its buildings (Peles Castle, Pelişor and Foisor) were built from personal money of King Carol I, who has sold a possession in Germany to pay the costs of land and raising Castle. Via: Life...
Posted on Aug 14, 2013 in Events, History, Museum, Romanian Army, Romanian Kingdom, Transylvania | 4 comments
Romanian army in Budapest
The war between Kingdom of Romania and Hungary Bolshevik began on the night of 15 to April 16, 1919 when the Hungarian Communist army attack Romanian military posts . Romanian counteroffensivetook four days and reached the lineof the Apuseni Mountains and Tisa River . We collected here some pictures illustrating the liberation of Transylvania and Hungary, including Budapest, by the Romanian Army in the summer of 1919, images from the archive Military Museum in Bucharest General Panaitescu the the hotel terrace Gellert in...
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