Participarea armatei române și a voluntarilor ardeleni la campania din anul 1919 pentru apărarea României Mari
Participation of the Romanian Army and Volunteers from Ardeal at the 1919 Campaign for Defending the Greater Romania

Summary/Abstract: The end of the First World War did not mean the total cessation of military operations for defending the Greater Romania. The opposition to the unification with Bassarabia Bukovina and Transylvania disturbed the neighbours from the East and West, including Hungary, which lost one of the most important provinces, Transylvania. Soviet Russia had begun to take action against Romania using Ukrainian Bolsheviks who made a plan to annihilate the Romanian army. In order to carry out the plans for the dismemberment of Greater Romania, they made connections with the Bolsheviks from the Republic of Hungarian Councils led by Béla Kun, who had taken over the power in Budapest.The adjournments of the Great Powers of establishing a border line between Romania and Hungary, offered the opportunity to be taken actions to repress the Romanians who remained behind the demarcation successive border lines between the two countries. In the spring of 1919 took place the first actions of the Hungarian troops which wanted to recover the lost Transylvania, by their advancing to the last demarcation border line.Together with the Romanian army and even within it, also operated a part of the groups of Romanian volunteers which operated on the fronts of the First World War. In Zarand, the “Horia” Regiment (Fig. 4-5, 7) was organized, composed of inhabitants from the Land of Zarand and the Apuseni Mountains was covered themselves with glory in the summer campaign of 1919, together with the brave Romanian Army. By occupying Budapest, on 4th of August 1919, were stopped for the moment the aggressive tendencies of Hungary and the instauration of the Bolsheviks in central and south-east Europe.

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