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A military museum or war museum is an institution dedicated to the preservation and education of the significance of wars, conflicts, and military actions. These museums serve as repositories of artifacts (not least weapons), documents, photographs, and other memorabilia related to the military and war.
They live in Omaha, and opened a museum called The Kaneko in 2007. [4] Samuel Bak Museum: The Learning Center opened at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in February 2023. The museum holds over 500 paintings by Lithuanian American artist and Holocaust survivor Samuel Bak. [5]
The Dobruja Campaign was a major operation during the Romanian Campaign of World War I.It took place between 2 September and 25 October 1916 between a joint Bulgarian–German–Ottoman force, consisting mainly of the Bulgarian Third Army, and a Romanian–Russian force.
On 11 June 1916, in their pursuit of the Austro-Hungarian Army in Bukovina, Russian forces crossed the Romanian border. A Russian cavalry patrol crossed the Prut at Herța and was disarmed and interned. Another patrol penetrated as far inland as Dorohoi. A proper armed clash, however, took place at Mamornița (Mamornytsia), where a Russian ...
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.
Starting from its founding to 1859, when it was united with the Moldavian army into what would become the Romanian Army. [1] The army mainly consisted of light cavalry which was used in hit-and-run tactics, though various other units existed as well. [2] [3] Between the 16th and 18th centuries, the army was mostly formed from mercenary units. [4]
The Soviets took control of the oilfields in the Ploiești area, and the Romanian Army was used to fight German forces on the Eastern Front. The First Army became one of the Romanian armies fighting for the Red Army on the Eastern Front. In its campaign from August 1944 to May 1945, the Romanian Army lost some 64,000 men killed.
The Romanian forces were represented by the Oituz Group (Brigadier General Eremia Grigorescu), occupying a position centered on the Oituz valley, consisting of the 15th Infantry Division reinforced with forces from the 2nd Cavalry Division (Brigadier General Nicolae Sinescu) and the 8th Infantry Division, in the reserve of the Northern Army. [7]