ASL Comp: GWASL XI – Balkan Aspirations: Romanian WW1

Romania entered the war in August of 1916, on the Allied side, in an attempt to seize the prize: Transylvania. This region in Austria-Hungary had a Romanian ethnic majority but was under Hungarian control at the time. Despite initial successes, the combined forces of Russia and Romania suffered several defeats, and by the end of 1916 only Moldavia remained under Allied control. After several defensive victories in 1917, with different groups competing for authority over the Russian troops in Romania in the aftermath of the October Revolution, Romania signed an armistice at Focani. On November 10, 1918, just one day before the German armistice and when all the other Central Powers had already capitulated, Romania re-entered the war. By then, about 220,000 Romanian soldiers had been killed. Despite their small size, the Germans worried about the prospect of Romania entering the war, Hindenburg writing: “It is certain that so relatively small a state as Romania had never before been given a role so important, and, indeed, so decisive for the history of the world at so favorable a moment.” Romanian soldiers would fight in battles that would be compared with some of the most brutal campaigns on the Western Front at little-known places like the Bran-Câmpulung area, the Carpathains, and the Prahova Valley. Ownership of ASL-RB, GWASL 1 and all preceding GWASL modules required to play. Scenarios: Across The Argesch - Argeș River, Romania, December 3rd 1916 Stand At Brasso - Brassó, Transylvania, October 8th 1916 Sweep Of Cinghinarele Island - Cinghinarele Island, Bulgaria, October 8th 1916 Erich and August - Silistra, Bulgaria, September 4th 1916 Turkey Shooters - Amuzaca, Romania, September 24th 1916 Der Alte Mann - Kohalom, Romania, October 2nd 1916 Saving Moldavia - Oituz, Romania, August 12th 1917 Predeal Ordeal - Predeal,Romania, October 23rd 1916