1944 in Romania

none 1944 Events from the year 1944 in Romania. The year was dominated by the Second World War. The year started with the Soviet Army assault on Romanian troops and the Battle of Romania. King Michael led a coup d'état during the year and Romania left the Axis powers and joined the Allies. The Romanian army subsequently won victories against German and Hungarian troops. Incumbents King: Michael I.Scurtu Ioan Istoria românilor în timpul celor patru regi (1866-1947) The History of the Romanians under the Four Kings (1866-1947) 2004 Editura Enciclopedică Bucharest 978-9-73450-441-1 191–199 2a RO Prime Minister: Ion Antonescu (until 23 August).Steven D. Roper Romania: The Unfinished Revolution Routledge London 2000 978-0-20369-507-4 14 Constantin Sănătescu (23 August to 5 December).Leonida Loghin Aurel Lupășteanu Constantin Ucrain Bărbați ai Datoriei: 23 August 1944 – 12 Mai 1945. Mic Dicționar Men of Debt: August 23, 1944 – May 12, 1945: Mini-Dictionary Editura Militară Bucharest 1985 370 977778092 Nicolae Rădescu (from 7 December).Vladimirov Katya General Nicolae Rădescu: New Sources, New Perspectives, 1940s–1950s History Wiley 103 357 2018-08-20 0018-2648 10.1111/1468-229x.12626 610–627 Events thumb|right|Nicolae Ceausescu, Constantin Agiu and others in Colentina, Bucharest, welcoming the Soviet Red Army on 30 August 1944 29 January – Romania surrenders the Transnistria Governorate to advancing Soviet troops.Karl-Heinz Frieser The Eastern Front, 1943-1944: The War in the East and on the Neighbouring Fronts Oxford Oxford University Press 2017 978-0-19872-346-2 791 5 March – The Uman–Botoșani offensive commences, which lasts until 17 April and ends with a Soviet victory against the Romanian and German Armies.David M. Glantz David Glantz Red Storm Over the Balkans: The Failed Soviet Invasion of Romania, Spring 1944 Lawrence University Press of Kansas 2007 7 978-0-70061-465-3 2 April – Soviet forces cross the Prut and entered Romania, initiating the Battle of Romania.Davidson Edward Manning Dale 1999 Chronology of World War Two https://archive.org/details/chronologyofworl0000davi London Cassell & Co. 187–189 978-0-30435-309-5 4 April – Aircraft of the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces commence the first of what will be seventeen aerial bombardments of Bucharest, ultimately killing 5,524 inhabitants, injuring 3,373, and leaving 47,974 homeless.https://adevarul.ro/news/bucuresti/mari-dezastre-bombardarea-bucurestilor-44-mii-morti-sute-cladiri-facute-praf-fotografii-socante-1_50bde9247c42d5a663cfca00/index.html Adevărul Bombardarea Bucureștilor în '44: mii de morți și sute de clădiri făcute praf The bombing of Bucharest in '44: thousands killed and hundreds of buildings destroyed February 22, 2011 October 18, 2020 RO 8 April – The First Jassy–Kishinev offensive starts as Soviet troops advance on Târgu Frumos.War in the Balkans: an encyclopedic history from the fall of the Ottoman Empire to the breakup of Yugoslavia Hall Richard C. 978-1-61069-031-7 2014 ABC-Clio Santa Barbara, California 9 April – The First Battle of Târgu Frumos commences between Romanian and Soviet forces. Glantz David M. David Glantz 2007 Red Storm Over the Balkans: The Failed Soviet Invasion of Romania University Press of Kansas Lawrence 978-0-7006-1465-3 62 7 May – The Second Battle of Târgu Frumos closes with Romanian and German forces holding out against the advancing Soviet troops.Pierre Tiquet Hannah McAdams The 3rd SS-Panzer Regiment : 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf Casemate Havertown 2020 978-1-61200-732-8 7 12 May – The minelayer Amiral Murgescu is the last Axis warship to leave Crimea, finishing the Crimean offensive.Jipa Rotaru Ioan Damaschin Glorie și Dramă: Marina Regală Română, 1940-1945 Glory and Drama: The Romanian Royal Navy, 1940-1945 Ion Cristoiu Publishing Bucharest 2000 157 978-9-73995-447-1 RO 23 August – King Michael and opposition allies launch a coup d'état, leading to Romania switching allegiance from the Axis to Allies.Eugen Tomiuc https://www.rferl.org/a/1058760.html World War II – 60 Years After: Former Romanian Monarch Remembers Decision To Switch Sides Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty May 6, 2005 25 August – Romania declares war on Germany.Aleksander Gella Development of Class Structure in Eastern Europe: Poland and Her Southern Neighbors State University of New York Press Albany 1989 978-0-58506-470-3 172 31 August – The Romanian Army defeat the last German troops in Romania.Axworthy Mark Scafeș Cornel Crăciunoiu Cristian Third Axis, Fourth Ally: Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941–1945 Arms & Armour 1995 London 193 978-1-85409-267-0 5 September – Romanian and Soviet forces attack the Hungarian soldiers supported by the German Army in the Battle of Turda. Fighting lasts until 5 October and, although the Allied forces are initially repulsed, the battle ends with the retreat of the remainder of the Axis soldiers.Dénes Bernád Charles K. Kliment Magyar Warriors. Volume 1 The History of the Royal Hungarian Armed Forces 1919-1945 Solihull Helion & Company 2017 129 978-1-91217-449-2 12 September – Romania signs an armistice with the Allies.http://countrystudies.us/romania/23.htm Armistice Negotiations and Soviet Occupation Country Studies: Romania US Library of Congress 25 October – Romanian and Soviet troops retake the last section of Northern Transylvania from Hungarian troops in the Battle of Carei.http://www.romania-actualitati.ro/ziua_armatei_2019_75_de_ani_de_la_batalia_de_la_carei-131905 Ziua Armatei 2019 – 75 de ani de la bătălia de la Carei Army Day 2019: 75 years Since the Battle of Carei Radio România Actualități 24 October 2019 RO 3 February 2022 Births 11 February – Dumitru Velea, equestrian.https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ve/dumitru-velea-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200418052702/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ve/dumitru-velea-1.html dead 18 April 2020 Dumitru Velea 3 February 2022 21 February – Lajos Sătmăreanu, football player and manager (died 2025).Lajos Sătmăreanu a murit ro 26 May – Constantin Niculescu, boxer.https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/constantin-niculescu-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200418063345/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/constantin-niculescu-1.html dead 18 April 2020 Constantin Niculescu 3 February 2022 4 June – Ion Bașa, ice hockey player.https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/ion-basa-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200418074613/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/ion-basa-1.html dead 18 April 2020 Ion Bașa Olympic Results 3 February 2022 22 September – Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu, medal-winning fencer at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics, and President of the Romanian Fencing Federation (died 2022).Oana Dușmănescu Interviu: "Cînd faci un sport de drag, nici nu îți dai seama ce sacrifici" Interview: "When you do a favorite sport, you don't even realize what sacrifices you are making" Gazeta Sporturilor 10 December 2014 RO 28 October – Ileana Enculescu, volleyball player.https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/en/ileana-enculescu-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200418121116/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/en/ileana-enculescu-1.html dead 18 April 2020 Ileana Enculescu Olympic Results 3 February 2022 Deaths 26 January – Smaranda Gheorghiu, poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, educator, feminist and traveler (born 1857).Petre Gheorghe Bîrlea O Româncă Spre Polul Nord: Pe Urmele Smarandei Gheorghiu A Romanian Woman at the North Pole: In the Footsteps of Smaranda Gheorghiu Bucharest Editura Sport-Turism 1988 176 26162361 9 March – Grigore Antipa, biologist (born 1867).https://data.bnf.fr/en/10209550/grigore_antipa/ Grigore Antipa (1867-1944) - Author - Resources from the BnF data.bnf.fr https://web.archive.org/web/20190403135909/https://data.bnf.fr/en/10209550/grigore_antipa/ 3 April 2019 3 February 2022 3 April – Octav Băncilă, realist painter and left-wing activist (born 1872).Victor Frunză Istoria stalinismului în România The History of Stalinism in Romania RO Humanitas Bucharest 1990 978-9-73280-177-2 214 4 August – Francisc Rainer, pathologist, physiologist, and anthropologist (born 1874).Ilie Th. Riga Gheorghe Călin Dr. Fr. I. Rainer Editura Științifică Bucharest 1966 101 RO 11 August – Ion Minulescu, avant-garde poet, novelist, and short story writer (born 1881).Matei Călinescu Matei Călinescu Tabel cronologic Ion Minulescu, Romanțe pentru mai târziu și alte poezii Ion Minulescu, Songs for Later On and Other Poems Editura pentru literatură Bucharest 1967 XLX 6434366 RO 15 August – Ștefania Mărăcineanu, physicist (born 1882).Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie Joy Dorothy Harvey The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z https://books.google.com/books?id=LTSYePZvSXYC 2000 New York Taylor & Francis 978-0-415-92040-7 884 18 August – Alexandru Șerbănescu, fighter pilot and flying ace in World War II (born 1912).Dénes Bernád Rumanian Aces of World War 2 Osprey Publishing Botley 2003 1-84176-535-X 79 13 September – Grigore Bălan, brigadier general during World War II, killed in action at the Battle of Turda (born 1896). 14 September – Paul-Mihu Sadoveanu, novelist and soldier, killed in action at the Battle of Turda (born 1920). 17 October – Eva Heyman, Romanian-born victim of the Holocaust (born 1931).Jessica Freeburg Fight for Survival: The Story of the Holocaust North Mankato Capstone Press 2017 94 9781474713535 17 November – Magda Isanos, poet (born 1916).Aurel Sasu Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române A Biographical Dictionary of Romanian Literature "volume=1 791 Pitești Editura Paralela 45 2004 978-9-73697-758-9 Date unknown – Alexandrina Cantacuzino, political activist, philanthropist and diplomat (born 1867).Roxana Cheșchebec Cantacuzino, Princess Alexandrina Francisca de Haan Krasimira Daskalova Anna Loutfi Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms in Central and South Eastern Europe, 19th and 20th Centuries New York Central European University Press 2006 92 978-9-63732-639-4Ion Constantin Gherman Pântea intre Mit și Realitate Editura Biblioteca Bucureștilor Bucharest 2010 276 978-9-73836-983-2 Gherman: The Gap Between Myth and Reality References 1944 Category:Years of the 20th century in Romania Category:1944 in Romania Romania Romania