BRITISH INTERESTS AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BUCHAREST PEACE TREATY SIGNED ON 24 APRIL/7 MAY 1918
BRITISH INTERESTS AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BUCHAREST PEACE TREATY SIGNED ON 24 APRIL/7 MAY 1918

Summary/Abstract: The information related to the conclusion of separate peace by the Romanian government, in the winter of 1917/1918, transmitted by the allied ministers from Iaşi to the capitals of own countries echoed among the British political and military leaders. Although aware of the difficulty of providing British support, the government in London considered necessary for Romania to continue resisting the enemy. Knowing the difficulties the Romanian Armed Forces had to face on the Eastern Front, London was mainly interested in Germany not being able to withdraw troops from this front to redirect them to the West. In this context, the Cabinet in London seemed to understand, at least in moral terms, the difficult situation in Romania. In the present study, the author intends to provide, based on the documents found in the archive, a brief analysis of the political and economic significance attached to the Bucharest Peace Treaty in London, as well as of the predicted consequences for the political future of Romania. The British diplomacy carefully analysed all the aspects of the treaty imposed on Romania by the Central Powers, treaty that could anticipate, in the eyes of London, the status of Europe in the event of a victory won by Germany in Europe.

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