Danube Army (Russian Empire, 1916)

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The Russian Danube Army was a World War I Russian field army that fought on the Romanian Front.

Field management was established in November 1916, when the Dobruja Army was disbanded after the loss of the Cernavodă-Constanța line (following the Second Battle of Cobadin) to the German-Bulgarian-Ottoman Army under command of August von Mackensen. [1]

The army consisted of:

The commander of the Army was General Vladimir Viktorovich Sakharov. [2]

In December 1916, the Army was renamed to the 6th Army and became part of the Russian Romanian Front.

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References

  1. Lemke, Martin. "The Crossing of the Danube near Roman Novae in 1916". Novensia 22.
  2. "Русская армия в Великой войне: Картотека проекта. Сахаров Владимир Викторович". www.grwar.ru. Retrieved 2023-09-28.

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