প্রথম বিশ্বযুদ্ধের মিত্রশক্তি: সংশোধিত সংস্করণের মধ্যে পার্থক্য

 

Romania's entry into the War in August 1916 provoked major changes for the Germans. General [[Erich von Falkenhayn]] was dismissed and sent to command the Central Powers forces in Romania, which enabled [[Paul von Hindenburg|Hindenburg]]'s subsequent ascension to power.<ref>Martin Gilbert, ''The First World War: A Complete History'', p. 282</ref> Due to having to fight against all of the [[Central Powers]] on the longest front in Europe (1,600&nbsp;km) and with little foreign help (only 50,000 Russians aided 650,000 Romanians in 1916),<ref>Glenn E. Torrey, ''Romania and World War I'', p. 58</ref> the Romanian capital was [[Battle of Bucharest|conquered]] that December. Vlaicu III was also captured and shipped to Germany, being last seen in 1942.<ref>Michael Hundertmark, Holger Steinle, ''Phoenix aus der Asche – Die Deutsche Luftfahrt Sammlung Berlin'', pp. 110–114 (in German)</ref> The Romanian administration established a new capital at [[Iași]] and continued to fight on the Allied side in 1917.<ref>''România în anii primului război mondial (Romania int he years of the First World War), Volume II'', p. 830 (in Romanian)</ref> Despite being relatively short, the Romanian campaign of 1916 provided considerable respite for the Western Allies, as the Germans ceased all their other offensive operations in order to deal with Romania.<ref>Martin Gilbert, ''The First World War: A Complete History'', p. 287</ref> After suffering a tactical defeat against the Romanians (aided by Russians) in July 1917 at [[Battle of Mărăști|Mărăști]], the Central Powers launched two counterattacks, at [[Battle of Mărășești|Mărășești]] and [[Second Battle of Oituz|Oituz]]. The German offensive at Mărășești was soundly defeated, with German prisoners later telling their Romanian captors that German casualties were extremely heavy, and that they "had not encountered such stiff resistance since the battles of Somme and Verdun".<ref>''King of Battle: Artillery in World War I'', p. 347</ref> The Austro-Hungarian offensive at Oituz also failed. On 22 September, the Austro-Hungarian [[Enns-class river monitor|''Enns''-class]] river monitor [[SMS Inn|SMS ''Inn'']] was sunk by a Romanian mine near Brăila.<ref>Angus Konstam, ''Gunboats of World War I'', p. 29</ref><ref>René Greger, ''Austro-Hungarian warships of World War I'', p. 142</ref> After Russia signed the [[Treaty of Brest-Litovsk]] and dropped out of the War, Romania was left surrounded by the Central Powers and eventually signed a [[Treaty of Bucharest (1918)|similar treaty]] on 7 May 1918. Despite being forced to cede land to Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria, Romania ended up with a net gain in territory due to the [[Union of Bessarabia with Romania|Union with Bessarabia]]. On 10 November, Romania re-entered the War and fought a [[Hungarian-Romanian War|war with Hungary]] that lasted until August 1919.