On the 14th and 15th of April 1914, in the Belgrade fort, was held a solemn oath of the first generation of recruits from South Serbia, the so-called. "newly empowered areas". At the twentieth anniver...
The headlines of the national newspapers announce that Romania has declared war on Austria-Hungary (on August 27, 1916). General mobilization of the Romanian army. On a country road, the troops march ...
In March 1925, His Royal Highness Prince Charles (son of King Ferdinand and royal heir to the throne of Romania) visits Bessarabia, a province that became a part of Romania in 1918. In Kishinev (Chisi...
I. 'BALKAN REFUGEES. Turk, Bulgar and Greek refugees seeking work, are examined and photographed before receiving their pass.' Two British soldiers manhandle dishevelled refugees into line. Each man h...
I. 'THE ARMIES OF THE ALLIES. An interesting group of the nationalities fighting the Central Powers in the Balkans. British, French, Russian, Italian, Serbian, Indian, Cretan, Senegalese, Greek, and A...
I. 'FIGHTING DISEASE. Troops in the Balkans being inoculated against enteric etc., before going up to the Front.' Australian troops stand in line in the open-air, left shirt sleeves rolled up to recei...
I. 'RED CROSS WORK AT SALONIKA. An ambulance column moving over the mountain road to the Balkan Front'. MS over flat country to Australian troops on the march - all wear Red Cross armbands. Horse-draw...
In World War I, Romania is still neutral. In Bucharest, people demonstrate for entering the war alongside the Entante and freeing the Romanians from Transylvania. Mares, the leader of the Students’ ...