WARFARE ACTIONS OF THE LARGE ROMANIAN MILITARY UNITS FOR DEFENSE AND EVACUATION OF CRIMEA IN WORLD WAR II
WARFARE ACTIONS OF THE LARGE ROMANIAN MILITARY UNITS FOR DEFENSE AND EVACUATION OF CRIMEA IN WORLD WAR II
Author(s): Benone AndronicSubject(s): Military history
Published by: Editura Academiei Oamenilor de Știință din România
Keywords: Crimea as strategic objective in the Black Sea; coalition war; politico-military decisions; the Soviet offensive; defense of German-Romanian forces; evacuation of troops;
Summary/Abstract: Researching the existing Romanian and foreign bibliography, regarding the circumstances in which combat forces from the Romanian Army will end up carrying out combat actions, together with Wehrmacht troops, for the defense of Crimea and then the evacuation of troops from the Peninsula, in theWorld War II, the authors highlight some aspects of these operations, which are less known, and which have sometimes given rise to different and even biasedapproaches.The analysis shows the steps taken by Marshal Ion Antonescu and theChief of the General Staff of the Romanian Army, General Ilie Șteflea, to determineHitler to order the evacuation of troops from large units of the Romanian Army inCrimea, as well as the execution thereof.
Journal: Annals – Series on Military Sciences
- Issue Year: 13/2021
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 124-149
- Page Count: 26
- Language: English