THE GUARD REGIMENT “MIHAI VITEAZUL” IN THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE LIBERATION OF BESSARABIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
THE GUARD REGIMENT “MIHAI VITEAZUL” IN THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE LIBERATION OF BESSARABIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Summary/Abstract: The author presents the actions of the Guard Regiment “Mihai Viteazul” during the Second World War, in the military campaign for the liberation of Bessarabia. The entry into the war along with the Axis represented a necessity for Romania, considering the Soviet ultimatum on the evening of 26 June 1940, by which Romania was obliged to cede the territory between the Prut and the Dniester, known as Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. Thus, shortly after those military actions, General Ion Antonescu notified, on 22 June 1941, the famous attack order as follows: “Soldiers, to you I order: Cross the Prut!”. During the military campaign for the liberation of Bessarabia the soldiers and officers from the Guard Regiment “Mihai Viteazul” had a clear and crucial mission: to recover the territories unjustly taken away even at the cost of their lives.

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