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The Mausoleum of Mărășești is a memorial site in
The Battle of Mărășești (August 6 to September 8, 1917) was a battle fought during
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Romania
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containing remains of 5,073 Romanian soldiers and officers killed in the First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
and dedicated to the commemoration of the Battle of Mărășești and Romanian Army
The Romanian Land Forces ( ro, Forțele Terestre Române) is the army of Romania, and the main component of the Romanian Armed Forces. In recent years, full professionalisation and a major equipment overhaul have transformed the nature of the Lan ...
members who were killed during World War I.
The memorial took architect
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s George Cristinel and Constantin Pomponiu 15 years to build and was unveiled on 18 September 1938 by King Carol II. The frieze in bas-relief
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surrounding the base of the dome was sculpted by Cornel Medrea and Ion Jalea.
Background
The Battle of Mărășești (August 6 to September 8, 1917) was a battle fought during World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
between the German Empire
The German Empire (),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people. The term literally denotes an empire – particularly a hereditary ...
and the Kingdom of Romania
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.
The two sides sent into battle a total of about 1 million soldiers. The Romanian battle plan called for attack on Nămoloasa, but developments elsewhere on the Eastern Front led to shelving that plan. Field Marshal August von Mackensen
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launched an attack on August 6. The fighting lasted until September 8, when both sides ran out of fresh units. The German attempt to crush the Romanian army led by General Eremia Grigorescu
Eremia Teofil Grigorescu (28 November 1863 – 21 July 1919) was a Romanian artillery general during World War I, and Minister of War in the Constantin Coandă cabinet (October–November 1918).
Early life
Born in 1863 in the village Golășe ...
failed, but the Romanians did not regain any more of their territory either.Cyril Falls, ''The Great War'', p. 285 The motto of the Romanian Army during the battle was "Pe aici nu se trece" ( en, "They shall not pass
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"), probably inspired from the famous slogan of General Robert Nivelle
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during the Battle of Verdun.
Romania lost over 27,000 men, including 610 officers, while Germany lost over 47,000. Notably, the Romanian heroine Ecaterina Teodoroiu
Ecaterina Teodoroiu (; born Cătălina Toderoiu; 15 January 1894 – 3 September 1917) was a Romanian woman who fought on the front and died in World War I, and is regarded as a heroine of Romania.
A Romanian Scouts member, she had initially wo ...
was killed at the end of this battle, on September 6, by machine-gun fire; two days later, Major General
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Karl von Wenninger was killed by artillery fire near the village of Muncelu, Străoane.
Memorials at the Mausoleum
*Burials **Eremia Grigorescu
Eremia Teofil Grigorescu (28 November 1863 – 21 July 1919) was a Romanian artillery general during World War I, and Minister of War in the Constantin Coandă cabinet (October–November 1918).
Early life
Born in 1863 in the village Golășe ...
(1863–1919)
** (1889–1917)
** Maria Zaharia (1905–1917)
*Cenotaphs
** Henri Cihoski (1871–1950)
Gallery
See also
*Romania during World War I
The Kingdom of Romania was neutral for the first two years of World War I, entering on the side of the Allied powers from 27 August 1916 until Central Power occupation led to the Treaty of Bucharest in May 1918, before reentering the war on ...
* Battle of Mărășești
* Battle of Mărăști
* Tourism in Romania
* Seven Wonders of Romania
Various lists of the Seven Wonders of Romania ( ro, Cele Șapte Minuni ale României) have been compiled from past to the present day, to catalogue Romania's most spectacular artificial structures.
Lists ''Evenimentul Zilei''s Seven Wonders
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