Constanța, historically known as Tomis, is a port city in Dobruja historical region of Romania. As the country's fifth largest city and principal port on the Black Sea coast, Constanța is the capital of Constanța County. It is also the oldest continuously inhabited city in the region, founded around 600 BC, and among the oldest in Europe.
Constantin Sănătescu was a Romanian general and statesman who served as the 44th Prime Minister of Romania after the 23 August 1944 coup after which Romania left the Axis powers and joined the Allies.
The Romanian Land Forces is the army of Romania, and the main component of the Romanian Armed Forces. In recent years, full professionalisation and a major equipment overhaul have transformed the nature of the Land Forces.
The Battle of Turtucaia, also known as Tutrakan Epopee in Bulgaria, was the opening battle of the first Central Powers offensive during the Romanian Campaign of World War I. The battle lasted for five days and ended with the capture of the fortress of Turtucaia and the surrender of its Romanian defenders.
The Kingdom of Romania was neutral for the first two years of World War I, entering on the side of the Allied powers from 27 August 1916 until Central Power occupation led to the Treaty of Bucharest in May 1918, before reentering the war on 10 November 1918. It had the most significant oil fields in Europe, and Germany eagerly bought its petroleum, as well as food exports.
The Tatars of Romania, Dobrujan Tatars or Nogay (Nogai) Tatars are a Turkic ethnic group that have been present in Romania since the 13th century. According to the 2011 census, 20,282 people declared themselves as Tatar, most of them being Crimean Tatars and living in Constanța County. But according to the Cultural Union of Tatars from Romania there are 35.000 Tatars in Romania. They are one of the main components of the Muslim community in Romania.
David Popescu was a Romanian general during World War II and Interior Minister in 1940.
Ilie Crețulescu was a Romanian major-general during World War II.
Aristide Razu, CB, was a Romanian divisional general, commander of the Romanian 22nd Infantry Division in the 1916 Romanian Campaign against the Central Powers, and of the Romanian 5th Infantry Division during the Battle of Mărășești, 6–19 August 1917, in World War I.
Traian Moșoiu was a Romanian general during World War I and the Hungarian–Romanian War. He held the posts of Minister of War in the Alexandru Vaida-Voevod cabinet, Minister of Communications and of Industry and Commerce in the Ion I. C. Brătianu cabinet.
Kadriye Nurmambet was a Romanian Crimean Tatar traditional folk singer and folklorist who attracted national attention and was known as The Nightingale of Dobruja.
Kázím Abdulakim was a Crimean Tatar hero of the Romanian Army who lost his life in the summer of 1917 during the Battle of Mărășești during World War I.
Selim Abdulakim known as the first Crimean Tatar lawyer in Romania was a leading politician of the Tatars in Romania, an activist for ethnic Tatar causes.
Refiyîk Kadír was a Dobrujan-born Crimean Tatar officer regarded as a hero of the Romanian Army. He was the uncle of Ahmet Nurmambet who was the father of the well-known traditional folk singer Kadriye Nurmambet.
Neyko N. Nenov was a Bulgarian major general.
Petre Ion Gheorghe was a Bulgarian-born Romanian communist and anti-fascist resistance member, executed by Romania for espionage and treason. Having risen through the ranks of the Union of Communist Youth, he was the leader of the strongest communist resistance group during the first part of World War II in Romania.
Ernest Broșteanu was a Romanian general during World War I, best known for his leading role in the 1918 Romanian military intervention in Bessarabia.
Gheorghe Mihail was a Romanian career army officer.
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.
Todor Dimitrov Kantardzhiev was a Bulgarian lieutenant general and doctor.