Voluntari români în Marele Război: „Prima Alba Iulia”
Romanian Volunteers in the Great War: „The First Alba-Iulia”

Summary/Abstract: During 1914-1918, Transylvania, Banat and Bucovina had belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. From these provinces, nearly 500 000 soldiers were recruited by the Austro-Hungarian Army to fight mainly in Russia (Galicia) and Northern Italy against the blocus of Antanta. After post-neutrality of Romania (august 1916), many of the former Prisoners of War were enlisted as national volunteers on the side of Antanta’s coalition. The basic political act of the volunteers is the so-called Proclamation of Darnița (a former Russian champ of concentration in Ukraine), where the Romanian soldiers and officers emphasised their unionist feelings. For these reasons, Darnița was called the First Alba Iulia according to the spirit of Great National Assembly Declaration, on December 1, 1918.

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