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|unit_name=1st Infantry Division<br>''Divizia 1 Infanterie"''
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|native_name=Divizia 1 Infanterie
|image=Divizia 1 Infanterie (Romania) (coat of arms).jpg
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|caption=Official emblem of the 1st Infantry Division
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|type=
|branch=[[Romanian Land Forces]]
|branch=[[Romanian Land Forces]]
|dates=16 August 1916 - present
|dates= 15 June 2008 - 31 August 2015
|country=[[Romania]]
|country=[[Romania]]
|allegiance=
|allegiance=
|command_structure=
|command_structure=
|size= 3 brigades, 2 regiments, 1 logistics base, 6 auxiliary battalions
|size=
|specialization=
|specialization=
|current_commander=[[Major General]] Nicolaie Dohotariu
|current_commander=
|deputy_commander=[[Brigadier General]] Dr. Avram Catanici
|deputy_commander=
|chief_of_staff=[[Colonel]] Marius Harabagiu
|chief_of_staff=
|garrison=[[Bucharest]]
|garrison=[[Bucharest]]
|battles=[[Eastern Front (World War II)]] <br> [[Prague Offensive]] <br> [[Battle of Mărăşeşti]] <br> [[Battle of Mărăşti]]
|battles= [[EUFOR Althea|Bosnia (part of EUFOR Althea)]] <br> [[Kosovo Force|Kosovo (part of KFOR)]] <br> [[Iraq War]] <br> [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|War in Afghanistan]]
|notable_commanders=[[General]] [[Eremia Grigorescu]] <br> [[General]] [[Petre Dumitrescu]]
|notable_commanders=[[General]] [[Ioan Culcer]] <br> [[General]] [[Eremia Grigorescu]] <br> [[General]] [[Petre Dumitrescu]]
|anniversaries=18th August
|anniversaries=23 April
}}
}}


The '''1st Infantry Division''' '''''Dacica''''' was one of the major units of the [[Romanian Land Forces]], with its headquarters located in [[Bucharest]]. It was the heraldic successor of the Romanian '''[[First Army (Romania)|First Army]]'''. On 31 August 2015, 1st Infantry Division headquarters disbanded, to become, three months later, the [[Headquarters Multinational Division Southeast]] of [[NATO]]'s [[Allied Joint Force Command Naples]].<ref name="romania-insider.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.romania-insider.com/who-is-the-new-commander-of-natos-multinational-division-southeast-in-romania/154633/ |title=Who is the new commander of NATO's Multinational Division Southeast in Romania? |access-date=1 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151230020319/http://www.romania-insider.com/who-is-the-new-commander-of-natos-multinational-division-southeast-in-romania/154633/ |archive-date=30 December 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="forter.ro">[http://www.forter.ro/ministerul-apararii-nationale/comandamentul-diviziei-multina%C5%A3ionale-sud-est/24272 Comandamentul Diviziei Multinaţionale Sud-Est] {{in lang|ro}}</ref><ref name="nato.int">{{cite web|title=NATO activates new Multinational Division Southeast headquarters in Bucharest|url=http://www.nato.int/cps/in/natohq/news_125356.htm?selectedLocale=en|website=NATO|accessdate=18 July 2017}}</ref>
The '''1st Infantry Division''' '''''Dacica''''' is one of the two major units of the [[Romanian Land Forces]] with its headquarters in [[Bucharest]]. Until June 15, 2008, it was designated as the '''1st Territorial Army Corps "[[General]] Ioan Culcer"''' (''Corpul 1 Armată Teritorial "General Ioan Culcer"'').


==History==
==History==
The First Army was one of the major units of the Romanian military in both [[World War I]], partaking in such operations as the [[Battle of Transylvania|Romanian offensive in Transylvania]] in 1916<ref>[http://www.worldwar2.ro/primulrazboi/?language=en&article=114 Romanian offensive in Transylvania]</ref> and the [[Battle of Mărășești]] in 1917,<ref>[http://www.worldwar2.ro/primulrazboi/?language=en&article=117 Battle of Mărășești ( August–September 1917)]</ref><ref name="D1I">{{Cite web |url=http://www.d1i.forter.ro/istorie/istoric.php |title=History section of the official site of the 1st Infantry Division |access-date=20 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110093151/http://www.d1i.forter.ro/istorie/istoric.php |archive-date=10 January 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[World War II]], seeing action on the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]], particularly after the [[King Michael's Coup|23 August 1944 Coup]], when the First Army fought westwards alongside Soviet units in battles such as that of [[Battle of Debrecen|Debrecen]], [[Siege of Budapest|Budapest]] and going as far as [[Prague Offensive|Prague]].<ref name="D1I" /> Following the end of the war, the First Army was disbanded on 2 June 1947, with the units under its command being transferred to one of the four newly formed Military Regions. This reorganization process was applied to all Romanian armies.
In August 1944, the [[Red Army]] entered [[Romania]] after driving back [[Army Group South]] from the region. On August 23, [[Marshal]] [[Ion Antonescu]] was dismissed by [[Monarch|King]] [[Michael I of Romania|Michael I]], and [[Romania]] declared war on [[Germany]] and [[Hungary]] some days later. The [[Soviets]] took control of the oilfields in the [[Ploieşti]] area, and the [[Romanian Army]] was used to fight [[Germany|German]] forces on the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]].


On 5 April 1980, the First Army was reestablished and headquartered in [[Bucharest]], after being assigned units previously under the control of the 2nd Army Command. The latter was relocated to [[Buzău]]. [[Dan Ghica-Radu]] was the intelligence office chief from 1998 until 2000. On the 1st of August 2000, the First Army was restructured, becoming the 1st Territorial Army Corps "[[General]] Ioan Culcer", as part of a wider program to bring the Romanian military in line with [[NATO]] standards.
The First Army became one of the [[Romania]]n armies fighting for the [[Red Army]] on the Eastern Front. In its campaign from August 1944 to May 1945, the [[Romanian Army]] lost some 64,000 men killed{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}}. The First Army took part in [[Soviet]] offensives, notably at [[Prague]] in May 1945, which happened to be the last offensive it took part in [[World War II]].
On 15 August 2008, as a continuation of the reorganization process of the [[Romanian Land Forces]], the 1st Territorial Army Corps "General Ioan Culcer" was reformed as the 1st Infantry Division, receiving the name "'''Dacica'''", and becoming the heraldic successor of the [[First Army (Romania)|First Army]].<ref name="D1I" /> Units of the 1st Infantry Division were deployed (or deployed at some point) in various [[Theater (warfare)|theaters of operation]] around the world, such as [[EUFOR Althea|Bosnia]], [[Kosovo Force|Kosovo]], [[Iraq War|Iraq]] and [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Afghanistan]].<ref name="INT">{{Cite web |url=http://www.d1i.forter.ro/misiuniint/misiuni.php |title=Section of the official site of the 1st Infantry Division detailing the international missions which units under its command took part in |access-date=20 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140710115921/http://www.d1i.forter.ro/misiuniint/misiuni.php |archive-date=10 July 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2015 the Division was removed from the Romanian Army's order of battle and was transferred to NATO command; forming the framework for what would become Headquarters Multinational Division Southeast coming under the command of [[NATO]]'s [[Allied Joint Force Command Naples]].<ref name="romania-insider.com"/><ref name="forter.ro"/><ref name="nato.int"/>

In the [[Prague Offensive]], the First Army, together with the [[Romanian Fourth Army]], [[Polish Second Army]], and [[Soviet]] [[First Ukrainian Front|First]], Second, and Fourth Ukrainian Fronts. [[Marshal]] [[Ivan Koniev]], the commander of the [[First Ukrainian Front]], was the main [[Soviet]] commander in the area. Together with [[Marshal]] [[Georgy Zhukov]]'s First Byelorussian Front, Koniev had launched the great attack on April 16 that resulted in the fall of [[Berlin]] and [[Soviet]] victory on the Eastern Front.

The offensive started on May 6, a few days before the end of the war. German resistance in the east was now limited to small pockets scattered across [[Germany]], [[Czechoslovakia]], and [[Austria]]. The remnants of [[Army Group Center]] held the remaining German-controlled areas in the east. In the attack on [[Prague]], German resistance was crushed in the city, and the [[Soviet]], Romanian, and [[Poland|Polish]] forces entered the city on May 9. [[Czech people|Czech]] [[Partisan (military)|partisan]]s had been fighting the [[Germany|Germans]] there for a few days.

By May 11 and [[May 12|12]], all remaining German pockets of resistance in the east were crushed.

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==Current structure==
* '''[[Image:A1 terit.jpg|40px]] '''[[1st Infantry Division (Romania)|1st Infantry Division ''Dacica'']]''' - HQ [[Bucharest]]'''

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** '''[[1st Infantry Brigade (Romania)|1st Infantry Brigade]] "[[Vasile Lupu]]"''' - headquartered at [[Bucharest]]

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** '''[[2nd Infantry Brigade (Romania)|2nd Infantry Operational Brigade]] "[[Battle of Rovine|Rovine]]"''' - headquartered at [[Craiova]]


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** '''[[2nd Mountain Troops Brigade (Romania)|2nd Mountain Troops Operational Brigade]] "[[Sarmizegetusa]]"''' - headquartered at [[Braşov]]
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**20th Infantry Battalion "Black Scorpions" - Craiova
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**26th Infantry Battalion "[[Neagoe Basarab]]" ("Red Scorpions") - Craiova
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**325th Artillery Battalion - Caracal
**116th Logistics Battalion "Golden Scorpions" -Craiova <ref>[http://www.curierul.forter.ro/11arh/185.pdf Romanian Military Press]</ref>
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**205th [[Anti-aircraft]] [[Artillery]] Battalion "Blue Scorpions" - Craiova

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** '''[[2nd Logistics Base (Romania)|2nd Logistics Base "Valahia"]]''' - headquartered at [[Târgovişte]]

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** '''[[53rd Anti-aircraft Missiles Regiment (Romania)|53rd Mixed Anti-aircraft Missiles Regiment "Trophaeum Traiani"]]''' - headquartered at [[Medgidia]]
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*** '''1st Anti-aircraft Missiles Battalion
*** '''2nd Anti-aircraft Missiles Battlaion "Pelendava"''' - headquartered at [[Craiova]]

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** '''[[49th NBC Battalion (Romania)|49th NBC Battalion]]''' - headquartered at [[Piteşti]]

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** '''96th Engineer Battalion "Joseph Kruzel" '''

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** [[Image:CIMIC icon.png|30px]] '''[[1st CIMIC Battalion (Romania)|1st "CIMIC" Battalion]]''' - headquartered at [[Bucharest]]

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** '''45th Signal Battalion "Cpt. Grigore Giosanu"


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==Former structure==
* 1st Infantry Division ''Dacica'' – HQ [[Bucharest]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.d1i.forter.ro/traditii/evenm.php |title=Section of the official site of the 1st Infantry Division mentioning units under its command and their various actions |access-date=20 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140710115010/http://www.d1i.forter.ro/traditii/evenm.php |archive-date=10 July 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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**[[1st Mechanized Brigade (Romania)|1st Mechanized Brigade]] "[[Argedava]]" - headquartered at [[Bucharest]]
*** [[File:BATALION 2.png|30px]] 2nd Infantry Battalion "[[Battle of Călugăreni|Călugăreni]]" ("Desert Tigers") - Bucharest
*** 495th Infantry Battalion - [[Clinceni]]
*** 114th Tank Battalion - [[Târgoviște]]<ref name="curierul.forter.ro">[http://www.curierul.forter.ro/11arh/191.pdf Military Press Archives]</ref><ref>[http://www.presamil.ro/OM/2006/40/07.pdf Military Press] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718173047/http://www.presamil.ro/OM/2006/40/07.pdf |date=18 July 2011 }}, June 2007</ref>
*** 113th Artillery Battalion - [[Slobozia]]<ref>[http://www.presamil.ro/OM/2004/22/8.htm Military Press] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529115152/http://www.presamil.ro/OM/2004/22/8.htm |date=29 May 2010 }}, 22 August 2004</ref>
*** [[File:BATALION 288.jpg|30px]] 288th Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion - [[Focşani]]
*** 117th Logistics Battalion - [[Ploiești]]
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**'''[[2nd Infantry Brigade (Romania)|2nd Infantry Brigade]] "[[Battle of Rovine|Rovine]]"''' - headquartered at [[Craiova]]
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*** 20th Infantry Battalion "Black Scorpions" - Craiova
*** 22nd Infantry Battalion - Craiova
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*** [[File:Batalionul 26 Infanterie Neagoe Basarab.png|30px]] [[26th Infantry Battalion (Romania)|26th Infantry Battalion "Neagoe Basarab"]] ("Red Scorpions") - Craiova
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*** 325th Artillery Battalion - [[Caracal, Romania|Caracal]]
*** 116th Logistics Battalion "Golden Scorpions" - Craiova<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.curierul.forter.ro/11arh/185.pdf |title=Romanian Military Press |access-date=11 July 2010 |archive-date=27 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927002501/http://www.curierul.forter.ro/11arh/185.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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*** 205th [[Anti-aircraft]] [[Artillery]] Battalion "Blue Scorpions" - Craiova
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**'''[[2nd Mountain Troops Brigade (Romania)|2nd Mountain Troops Brigade]] "[[Sarmizegetusa Regia|Sarmizegetusa]]"''' - headquartered at [[Braşov]]
*** 21st Mountain Troops Battalion - [[Predeal]]
*** 30th Mountain TroopsBattalion - [[Câmpulung]]
*** 33rd Mountain Troops Battalion - [[Curtea de Argeş]]
*** 206th Mixed Artillery Battalion - Braşov
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*** 228th Anti-aircraft Missile Battalion - Braşov
*** 229th Logistic Battalion - Braşov
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**'''2nd Logistics Base "[[Wallachia|Valahia]]"''' - headquartered at [[Târgoviște]]
**'''51st Mixed Artillery Regiment "General Cornel Paraniac"''' - headquartered at [[Slobozia]]
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**'''61st Mixed Anti-aircraft Missiles Regiment "[[Pelendava]]"''' - headquartered at Slobozia
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** [[File:1st CIMIC Battalion (Romania) insignia.png|30px]] [[1st CIMIC Battalion (Romania)|1st "CIMIC" Battalion]] - headquartered at [[Bucharest]]
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** '''49th CBRN Battalion "[[Arges River|Argeş]]"''' - headquartered at [[Piteşti]]
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** '''96th Engineer Battalion "Joseph Kruzel"'''
** '''313th Reconnaissance Battalion "[[Burebista]]"'''
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** '''45th Communications & Information Systems Battalion "Căpitan Grigore Giosanu"'''
** '''300th Logistic Support Battalion "Sarmis"''' - headquartered at Bucharest
** other supporting units
** other supporting units


== See also ==
== See also ==
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* [[Romania during World War I]]
* [[Romania during World War II]]
* [[Battle of Romania (1944)]]
* [[Battle of Romania (1944)]]

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* [[Romania during World War II]]
==References==
* [[4th Infantry Division (Romania)|4th Infantry Division]]
{{reflist}}
* [[Romanian Armed Forces]]


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.d1i.forter.ro Official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091024122413/http://www.d1i.forter.ro/ Official website]

{{Romanian Land Forces}}

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Latest revision as of 07:42, 27 August 2024

1st Infantry Division
Divizia 1 Infanterie
Official emblem of the 1st Infantry Division
Active15 June 2008 - 31 August 2015
CountryRomania
BranchRomanian Land Forces
Size3 brigades, 2 regiments, 1 logistics base, 6 auxiliary battalions
Garrison/HQBucharest
Anniversaries23 April
EngagementsBosnia (part of EUFOR Althea)
Kosovo (part of KFOR)
Iraq War
War in Afghanistan
Commanders
Notable
commanders		General Ioan Culcer
General Eremia Grigorescu
General Petre Dumitrescu

The 1st Infantry Division Dacica was one of the major units of the Romanian Land Forces, with its headquarters located in Bucharest. It was the heraldic successor of the Romanian First Army. On 31 August 2015, 1st Infantry Division headquarters disbanded, to become, three months later, the Headquarters Multinational Division Southeast of NATO's Allied Joint Force Command Naples.[1][2][3]

History

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The First Army was one of the major units of the Romanian military in both World War I, partaking in such operations as the Romanian offensive in Transylvania in 1916[4] and the Battle of Mărășești in 1917,[5][6] and World War II, seeing action on the Eastern Front, particularly after the 23 August 1944 Coup, when the First Army fought westwards alongside Soviet units in battles such as that of Debrecen, Budapest and going as far as Prague.[6] Following the end of the war, the First Army was disbanded on 2 June 1947, with the units under its command being transferred to one of the four newly formed Military Regions. This reorganization process was applied to all Romanian armies.

On 5 April 1980, the First Army was reestablished and headquartered in Bucharest, after being assigned units previously under the control of the 2nd Army Command. The latter was relocated to Buzău. Dan Ghica-Radu was the intelligence office chief from 1998 until 2000. On the 1st of August 2000, the First Army was restructured, becoming the 1st Territorial Army Corps "General Ioan Culcer", as part of a wider program to bring the Romanian military in line with NATO standards. On 15 August 2008, as a continuation of the reorganization process of the Romanian Land Forces, the 1st Territorial Army Corps "General Ioan Culcer" was reformed as the 1st Infantry Division, receiving the name "Dacica", and becoming the heraldic successor of the First Army.[6] Units of the 1st Infantry Division were deployed (or deployed at some point) in various theaters of operation around the world, such as Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan.[7] In 2015 the Division was removed from the Romanian Army's order of battle and was transferred to NATO command; forming the framework for what would become Headquarters Multinational Division Southeast coming under the command of NATO's Allied Joint Force Command Naples.[1][2][3]

Former structure

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Who is the new commander of NATO's Multinational Division Southeast in Romania?". Archived from the original on 30 December 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b Comandamentul Diviziei Multinaţionale Sud-Est (in Romanian)
  3. ^ a b "NATO activates new Multinational Division Southeast headquarters in Bucharest". NATO. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  4. ^ Romanian offensive in Transylvania
  5. ^ Battle of Mărășești ( August–September 1917)
  6. ^ a b c "History section of the official site of the 1st Infantry Division". Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  7. ^ "Section of the official site of the 1st Infantry Division detailing the international missions which units under its command took part in". Archived from the original on 10 July 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  8. ^ "Section of the official site of the 1st Infantry Division mentioning units under its command and their various actions". Archived from the original on 10 July 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  9. ^ Military Press Archives
  10. ^ Military Press Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, June 2007
  11. ^ Military Press Archived 29 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine, 22 August 2004
  12. ^ "Romanian Military Press" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
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