wandering the battlefields

I wrote the article from Enciclopedia României. As I researched for the monument, I found no written evidence about fighting for Târnăveni. It is posible that the romanian soldiers buried in the military cemetery from Târnăveni died in another places and their bodies collected and buried in Târnăveni. This might be an explanation that there are no stories about fightings in Târnăveni.

I know some other places were the authorities procedeed in this manner.

Also, the nowaday military cemetery from Oarba de Mureş is not in the same location as it was when fighting ended there in ww2. Initially, military authorities established a military cemetery on the hills above the actual place of the cemetery. After some years all heroes were taken out and moved to the nowaday location.

possible firefighters surveilance tower? it was strange...no tracks of power panel, no wires....just the pipe that goes on top.

In the book "From august until May" (Botea) it is mentioned the batle in Tarnaveni area. I doubt that the germans choose to fight heavy in the villages and take no advantage of the city.

Deposition of sergeant-major Ana Roman-Şandor, nurse at romanian military hospital from Târnăveni:

"On 5 september, at about 16.30 hours arived at Târnăveni the news that german and hungarian troops atacked romanian border units from the temporary border drawed after Vienna Diktat, which was on the line of villages Ţagu, Sărmăşel, Silivaşu de Câmpie, Berghia, Ungheni and that those troops managed to break the romanian resistence from the border. Alarm was sounded. 82 Regiment who was garisoned in Târnăveni since september 1940 after being redeployed here from Târgu Mureş went to stop the enemy who was advancing toward Târnăveni from 2 directions: from Sărmaşu-Luduş and from Târgu Mureş. The enemy was met on the hills from Abuş, Mica, Cerghid, Idrifaia, Căpâlna de Sus, Cucerdea, in some cases just few kilometers from Târnăveni."

source: Epopeea de pe Mureş, Târgu Mureş, 1985, page 189

So, in Târnăveni there were no fightings for the town. The town was on romanian side of the frontier so german-hungarian troops couldnt prepare resistence inside de town and they didnt manage to fight on it's streets, being repulsed in the vicinity.

This post has been edited by 21 inf on October 02, 2011 05:05 am

Any ideea what this can be? I found it on a hilly field, looks like it has a emblem and a number
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/542/pict0022g.jpg
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/59/pict0019ho.jpg/

This post has been edited by cipiamon on December 03, 2011 03:52 pm

it looks like a pipe's end.

It's made of Fonta (I don't know the name in E).
Burlan exactly.(sorry again).

Hey does anyone know about the fighting that took place around Medias during ww2?

Previously, the town was called Diciosânmartin, after it's original Hungarian name of Dicsoszentmarton. Perhaps that's the reason why you could not find any info.

Gen. Dénes

Piatra Neamt findings

http://www.adevarul.ro/locale/piatra_neamt..._651535249.html

Last week i needed something to mesure a pipe, i didn't find my subler so i looked into my fathers old tool box. He has a IUS(romanian comunist era) toll box from the time when he worked in the army. It was a box for reformation(casare) with some old rusty keys and rusty tools. I tooked the old schubler and clean it from rust. I had a surprise!!!! In the comunist era cover was hiding this...







engraved is " ERNST SCHMIDT"

he also has from "casare" a rusty wehrmacht jerrycan(canistra). I think now.....what was the german mechanic's fate during ww2?

Hallo Freunden!
Ist das Kanone schield?

Does anyone knows what this plate?

I think it's a plate from trailer carriage used to carry a gun barrel. I think.....

found this weekend in POIANA BRASOV!!!!! Did someone know about fightings in this area in WW1 and WW2??




aprox 15 cm long, and the fuse tube is 3,5-4 cm in diameter.