Cotul Donului, o sângeroasă filă din istorie
Cotul Donului, a bloody page in history

Author(s): Florinel-Cristian D. Brădățan
Subject(s): Theology and Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Editura Doxologia
Keywords: Second World War; Elbow of the Don; Soviet Army; courage; military priest;
Summary/Abstract: The First World War ended for us, the Romanians, with a resounding victory, the creation of the Romanian unitary national state. However, this state will not last long because the Second World War is knocking at Romania's gates, which will once again carry the country's army into heavy, but also unusual and bloody battles, being forced to go to the heart of the Soviet Union defending itself the country and having only one clearly established objective, namely, the recovery of the stolen territories. In this war, the Romanian soldiers faced not only the invincible power of the Russians, but also the most feared enemy for all, the Russian winter. This war was cataloged by the people and the Orthodox Church as a "holy war" waged against the godless. With the objective clearly defined, the country's army will be present alongside Hitler's Germany at the Don Bend from September 1942 to February 1943, when decimated by the fury of the Red Army, they return home with a peaceful conscience that they gave everything they could to defend the front and the dignity of Romania , but my soul is broken for those who perished under Russian bullets and tanks.

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