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BL
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876895
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Barrett, Michael B.
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| Title & Author
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Prelude to Blitzkrieg : : the 1916 Austro-German Campaign in Romania.
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| Publication Statement
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Indiana University Press,, 2013.
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, ©2013
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| Series Statement
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Twentieth-century battles
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1 online resource
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| ISBN
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0253008700
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: 1299853560
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: 9780253008701
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: 9781299853560
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0253008654
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9780253008657
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Romania enters the war -- The central powers respond -- The First Dobrogea Campaign -- Clearing Transylvania -- The Second Dobrogea Campaign -- Stalemate in the mountains -- Moldavia: the forgotten front -- The drive across Walachia -- The fall of Bucharest and the end of the 1916 campaign -- Conclusion.
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In contrast to the trench-war deadlock on the Western Front, combat in Romania and Transylvania in 1916 foreshadowed the lightning warfare of WWII. When Romania joined the Allies and invaded Transylvania without warning, the Germans responded by unleashing a campaign of bold, rapid infantry movements, with cavalry providing cover or pursuing the crushed foe. Hitting where least expected and advancing before the Romanians could react-even bombing their capital from a Zeppelin soon after war was declared-the Germans and Austrians poured over the formidable Transylvanian Alps onto the plains of W.
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World War, 1914-1918-- Campaigns-- Romania.
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HISTORY-- Military-- World War I.
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HISTORY-- Europe-- Western.
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Military campaigns.
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Romania, History, 1914-1918.
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Romania.
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| Dewey Classification
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940.4/275
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| LC Classification
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D565.A2B37 2013eb
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