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Bucharest

The Royal Palace in Bucharest, Romania. A postcard altered to show the German flag flying over the palace.
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Bucuresti. Palatul Regal, Königliches Schloss
Bucharest. Royal Palace

The Royal Palace in Bucharest, Romania. A postcard altered to show the German flag flying over the palace.

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Bucuresti. Palatul Regal, Königliches Schloss



Bucharest. Royal Palace

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Bucharest, Romania's capital, gave its name to two Treaties of Bucharest: the First, with the Entente powers, brought Romania into the war in 1916; the Second, signed May 7, 1918 with the Central Powers, took Romania out.

Romania went to war on August 27, 1916, crossing into Transylvania in Austria-Hungary with three of its four armies while defending against a potential attack from Bulgaria with the fourth.

Romania advanced for three weeks, but was stopped by September 18. German General Falkenhayn commanded a new German Ninth Army that drove the Romanians back into and beyond the mountains they had crossed weeks before. By November 17 Falkenhayn reached the plain of Walachia.

To the east, a Bulgarian-German Army under General Mackensen fought in Dobrudja against Romanians and their Russian allies. On November 23, he crossed the Danube southwest of Bucharest as Falkenhayn continued his advance.

The Romanians sought to exploit a gap between Falkanhayn's right and Mackensen's forces. With inadequate strength and support, the Romanians fought in the last days of November and the first of December. They failed and abandoned Bucharest to preserve it from protracted battle. On December 6, Mackensen entered the city.

Romanian forces regrouped and fought in Moldavia in 1917, until Russia's armistice with the Central Powers made their situation untenable.

Negotiations between Romania and the Central Powers dragged on until Romanian King Ferdinand was threatened with renewed hostilities. On May 7, 1918, Romania signed the Second Treaty of Bucharest. Parliament refused to pass it and was dissolved. The King would not ratify it.

On November 10, Ferdinand mobilized the army and Romania re-entered the war.

Bucharest is a city in Romania.

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Statistics for Bucharest (1)

Type Statistic
Population 294,570