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During the first 3 post-war decades, Romania industrialized faster than Spain, Greece, and Portugal. The infant mortality rate plummeted from 139 per 1,000 during the interwar period to 35 in the 1970s. During the interwar period, half the population was illiterate, but under the communist government illiteracy was eradicated.
The Soviet occupation of Romania refers [1] to the period from 1944 to August 1958, during which the Soviet Union maintained a significant military presence in Romania. The fate of the territories held by Romania after 1918 that were incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940 is treated separately in the article on Soviet occupation of ...
Romania under communist rule. Iasi: The Center for Romanian Studies. ISBN 978-973-98392-8-0. Gives a detailed account of the events in December 1989 in Timișoara. Engel, Jeffrey A. (2017). When the world seemed new: George H.W. Bush and the end of the Cold War. Boston ; New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-547-42306-7.
The period between 1878 and 1914 was one of stability and progress for Romania. During the Second Balkan War, Romania joined Greece, Serbia and Montenegro against Bulgaria. [citation needed] In the Treaty of Bucharest of 1913, Romania gained Southern Dobruja and established the Durostor and Caliacra counties. [230]
A two-star general, he was the highest-ranking defector from the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. His defection was a powerful blow against the administration, forcing Ceaușescu to overhaul Romania's state security architecture.
A total of 953 aircraft were in service; these included both pre-war and WW2 models like the Bf 109G, IAR 80, IAR 37, Ju 88, etc. [29] Following a condition imposed during the Paris Peace Treaties of 1947, the strength of the military aviation of Romania was reduced to 150 aircraft, of which 100 were for combat and the rest for training. [29]
Romania leased its oil wells to Germany for 90 years. The Central Powers recognized the Union of Bessarabia with Romania; 535,706 Ferdinand I: Ion I. C. Brătianu: Constantin Iancovescu: Vasile Zottu (until Oct. 1916) Dumitru Iliescu (Oct. – Dec. 1916) Constantin Prezan (from Dec. 1916) Victory. Armistice of 11 November 1918; Treaty of Versailles
Romania remained neutral during the Sino-Soviet dispute and maintained friendly relations with China, [37] recognized West Germany in January 1967, and did not break diplomatic relations with Israel after the Six-Day War. Romania also acted as one of the mediators in Egyptian-Israeli talks that led to the Camp David Accords, [38] which the USSR ...