Marshal Ion Antonescu

[dragos]

I would rather bring facts into discussion.

[C-2]

Just took the words out of my mouth,Mg 42.....

[rcristi]

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that's the excuse  of all dictators : acting in the name of the country. funny how no dictator is honest enough to admit he is a power hungry, greedy egomaniac.  :o

This is also the case of Churchill and Roosevelt(and many more others)... and they weren't "dictators".
Being a politician you should be one of those greedy, egocentric or egomaniac individuals.

[Der Maresal]

interesting..

[Florin]

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Was in those textbooks anything mentioned about wartime Bessarabia, more precisely the \"reunification of Bessarabia to Rumania\", or similar? How about the so-called Cadrilater? ...........

Denes,

I have now the book, here in the US.
"GEOGRAFIE Pentru Clasa a IV-a primara"
Editura Casei Scoalelor si a Culturii Poporului - 1944
printed at "Helicon", Timisoara.

France was shown as before June 1940, Hungary and Czechoslovakia were shown as before the Munchen accord of 1938, but the real interesting thing was Poland. Poland did not exist on the map, because what was shown was the border between Germany and USSR after they shared Poland in 1939.
And a direct answer to your question: the "Cadrilater" was shown as belonging to Bulgaria (as it is today). The border between Romania and Hungary was shown as it is today (and as it was up to August 1940).
To make this shorter, Romania was shown exactly the way it is today. This is interesting, and make me think that the book was printed in Autumn/Fall 1944.

Muntenegru was shown as an entity separate of Yugoslavia.
The Italian islands in the Aegean Sea were not shown yet as belonging to Greece. Triest was still shown as belonging to Italy.

About Hungary there was almost a half of a page, if you don't add the map to this. However, this shouldn't make you sad, as the United States also had a little more than a half of a page (the aerial photo of Manhattan was in the other half) :laugh: , and Canada had 2 rows under "The Countries of America": "Canada, laid in the Northernmost part, has its capital at Ottawa and it is own by the Britons." :wink:

[Magnus]

Good or bad? i do not know but where is he buried? I am fascinated by romanian history as my girlfriend is romanian and i have been many times in your country.....

[Florin]

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Good or bad?  i do not know but where is he buried? I am fascinated by romanian history as my girlfriend is romanian and i have been many times in your country.....

Your first question is a little tricky... In the style of Pythia oracle in Delhi, ancient Greece.
Hoping I get your question right, I can say that most than a half of the Romanians consider Antonescu as a good leader of Romania. I think never were made statistics about how many Romanians liked him, and how many disliked him.

I don't think I am wrong when I say that Antonescu burial place is not known, and this was intended since the moment of his execution.

About this part of Romanian history, the most immediate and on-hand source is this Forum, under "Eastern Front". Try older topics - in the bottom of the first title page, or the following title pages. Titles like: "What Romania could do?", but not only.

[dragos]

I have added the poll...

[dragos]

[CCJ]

Will someone identify the men in this photo? I assume the man in the side cap is Antonescu either before the war or in the beginning.

Who is the general at his side?

[Victor]

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Who is the general at his side?

He is a marshal: King Mihai I
The photo was taken in July 1941 in Bessarabia.

[CCJ]

Wow, I guess to me that doesn't look like him but then again I haven't seen to many photos of Michael I. Great picture of him.

Looking at the photo more closely it is possible to see the crosses batons on the shoulder straps. Does anyone have more photos of Michael I in uniform?

:beer:

[Victor]

Here is one from the same set article in Signal magazine:



and one with him in naval uniform

[CCJ]

Who is the general wearing spectacles? Was there a regulation about the wearing on insignia? I see the War Academy badge in various locations. Wear should it be worn?

Also, how do you ID a man's rank by looking at the side cap? I ee a series of stripes but I don't really undertand the system. Does a thick stripe and two small stripes represent a Major Gen?

[Victor]

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Who is the general wearing spectacles? Was there a regulation about the wearing on insignia? I see the War Academy badge in various locations. Wear should it be worn? Also, how do you ID a man's rank by looking at the side cap? I ee a series of stripes but I don't really undertand the system. Does a thick stripe and two small stripes represent a Major Gen?

The badge was worn on the right breast pocket.
You are correct about the system. If you would look at the first photo you will notice that Antonescu, a general then, has four stripes on his cap.

I think the major general in the image is Gheorghe Leventi the 2 week commander of the 5th Corps at teh beginning of the Bessarbaian campaign in 1941.