Modern era · 1916

Battle of Bucharest

The Battle of Bucharest, also known as the Argeş–Neajlov Defensive Operation in Romania, was the last battle of the Romanian Campaign of 1916 in World War I, in which the Central Powers' combatants, led by General Erich von Falkenhayn, occupied the Romanian capital and forced the Romanian Government, as well as the remnants of the Romanian Army to retreat to Moldavia and re-establish its capital at Iaşi.

Battle of Bucharest
Battle of Bucharest · Unknown German official photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
25 Nov 1916 – 3 Dec 1916
Where
Bucharest
Era
Modern

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Before and after

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