Romanian military intervention in Bessarabia

rdf:langString Romanian military intervention in Bessarabia

rdf:langString Romanian military intervention in Bessarabia

rdf:langString Romanian General Ernest Broșteanu in Bessarabia during 1918

rdf:langString >1,500-2,000 killed

rdf:langString c. 150 killed

rdf:langString c. 2,100 captured

rdf:langString ----

rdf:langString Rumcherod

rdf:langString Volunteer Corps of Transylvanians-Bukovinians

rdf:langString Nominal support:

rdf:langString Odessa SR

rdf:langString Romanian Revolutionary Military Committee

rdf:langString anti-Bolshevik factions of the Moldavian DR

rdf:langString pro-Bolshevik factions of the Moldavian DR

rdf:langString The French and British representatives of the Entente ----

rdf:langString Anatoli Zhelezniakov

rdf:langString Dmitry Shcherbachev

rdf:langString Mikhail Muravyov

rdf:langString Ernest Broșteanu

rdf:langString Anatol Popa

rdf:langString Grigory Kotovsky

rdf:langString Petr Lazarev

rdf:langString ---- Alexander Schmidt

rdf:langString Romanian military intervention in Bessarabia

rdf:langString the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War

rdf:langString Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire

rdf:langString Removal of the Bolsheviks and restoration of the Moldavian DR state bodies

rdf:langString Austro-Hungarian occupation of northern Bessarabia

rdf:langString Romanian occupation of central and southern Bessarabia

rdf:langString Moldavian Assembly declares independence and two months later proclaims union with Romania

rdf:langString c. 1,000 in Vâlcov

rdf:langString c. 2,000 in Akkerman

rdf:langString c. 50,000 Romanian regular troops

rdf:langString c. 6,000 in Chișinău

rdf:langString over 1,000 in Bălți

rdf:langString several Red Guards detachments

rdf:langString several military vessels

rdf:langString The Romanian military intervention in Bessarabia took place between 19 January and 8 March (Old Style [O.S.] 5 January – 23 February) 1918, as part of the broader Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. It pitted the Kingdom of Romania, Russian Republic, Ukrainian People's Republic and anti-Bolshevik factions of the Moldavian Democratic Republic on one side, against the Bolshevik controlled Rumcherod and Odessa Soviet Republic, as well as pro-Bolshevik factions within the Moldavian DR. The intervention began when the Romanian army and its allies crossed into Bessarabia and launched an attack on Chișinău and Ungheni, capturing the latter. On 19 January, the Bolshevik Frontotdel took hold of Chișinău, only to lose it to a second Romanian offensive on 26 January. On 29 January, Romanian troops besieged Bender; after much bitter fighting the defenders retreated from the city on 2 February. In northern Bessarabia, Romanian troops seized Bălți on 5 February. On 14 February, Vladimir Lenin appointed Mikhail Muravyov as the commander of the Bessarabia and Transnistria Front, reinforcing it with 3,000 soldiers. Muravyov went on a counter-offensive, achieving a number of victories, however his gains were erased when the Central Powers launched a large scale offensive against the Bolsheviks. In the south, Bolshevik sailors continued to control parts of the Budjak until early March, before retreating to Odessa. Romania used the opportunity to break armistice negotiations with the Bolsheviks and occupy the last Bessarabian territories not under its control. On 6 February, Sfatul Țării, the Moldavian Democratic Republic's parliament, declared the country's independence. On 9 April 1918, the Moldavian Democratic Republic united with Romania.