Activitatea de informaţii a Armatei Române în timpul Războiului de Independenţă (1877-1878)
Intelligence activity of the Romanian Army during the Romanian War of Independence (1877 – 1878)

Summary/Abstract: The development of the military intelligence servicer of the Romanian army was influenced both by the transformation of the Romanian army in its structure, and by the changes and the regional and continental political-military interests influencing our country’s development throughtout the years. Lacking the tradition of other states, the Independence War (1877 - 1878) was an serious challenge for both civilian and military Romanian intelligence. Due to the close collaboration between the different structures of the power institutions belonging to the state (especially the Ministry of Interior and the Army) most of the Ottoman Empire’s attempts to find out about Romania’s strengths and vulnerabilities were discovered and annihilated. Taking as a starting point the experience gained during the war of independence, the political and military authorities implemented major reforms concerning the leadership and management of the army, as well as the physiognomy of the military structures. Starting with the creation of the General Staff in 1882, the intelligence structure of the army acquired more coherence and stability and the intelligence activity entered a second stage of evolution based on the unity of intelligence and counter-intelligence structures.

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