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Revision as of 18:34, 12 October 2010
| 1st Infantry Division Divizia 1 Infanterie | |
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| File:A1 terit.jpg Official emblem of the 1st Infantry Division | |
| Active | 16 August 1916 - present |
| Country | Romania |
| Branch | Romanian Land Forces |
| Size | 3 brigades, 1 regiment, 1 logistics base, 5 auxiliary battalions |
| Garrison/HQ | Bucharest |
| Anniversaries | 18th August |
| Engagements | Eastern Front (World War II) Prague Offensive Battle of Mărăşeşti Battle of Mărăşti |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Major General Nicolaie Dohotariu |
| Notable commanders | General Eremia Grigorescu General Petre Dumitrescu |
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
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 King 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 German forces on the Eastern Front.
The First Army became one of the Romanian 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]. 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.
In the Prague Offensive, the First Army, together with the Romanian Fourth Army, Polish Second Army, and Soviet 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 Polish forces entered the city on May 9. Czech partisans had been fighting the Germans there for a few days.
By May 11 and 12, all remaining German pockets of resistance in the east were crushed.
Current structure
- File:A1 terit.jpg 1st Infantry Division Dacica - HQ Bucharest
- 1st Mechanized Brigade "Vasile Lupu" - headquartered at Bucharest
2nd Infantry Battalion "Călugăreni" ("Desert Tigers") - Bucharest- 495th Infantry Battalion - Clinceni (including 2 paratroopers companies)
- 114th Tank Battalion- Targoviste [1][2],[1]
- 113th Artillery Battalion - Slobozia[3]
288th Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion - Focşani
- 2nd Infantry Operational Brigade "Rovine" - headquartered at Craiova
- 20th Infantry Battalion "Black Scorpions" - Craiova
- 26th Infantry Battalion "Neagoe Basarab" ("Red Scorpions") - Craiova
- 325th Artillery Battalion - Caracal
- 116th Logistics Battalion "Golden Scorpions" -Craiova [4]
- 205th Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion "Blue Scorpions" - Craiova
- 2nd Mountain Troops Operational Brigade "Sarmizegetusa" - headquartered at Braşov
- 21st Mountain Troops Battalion - Predeal
- 30th Mountain Troops Battalion - Câmpulung
- 33rd Mountain Troops Battalion - Curtea de Argeş
- 206th Mixed Artillery Battalion - Braşov
- 228th Anti-aircraft Missile Battalion - Braşov
- 229th Logistic Battalion - Braşov
- 2nd Logistics Base "Valahia" - headquartered at Târgovişte
- 53rd Mixed Anti-aircraft Missiles Regiment "Trophaeum Traiani" - headquartered at Medgidia
- 1st Anti-aircraft Missiles Battalion
- 2nd Anti-aircraft Missiles Battlaion "Pelendava" - headquartered at Craiova
- 53rd Mixed Anti-aircraft Missiles Regiment "Trophaeum Traiani" - headquartered at Medgidia
- 49th CBRN Battalion - headquartered at Piteşti
- 96th Engineer Battalion "Joseph Kruzel"
1st "CIMIC" Battalion - headquartered at Bucharest
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- 45th Signal Battalion "Cpt. Grigore Giosanu"
- 300th Logistic Support Battalion - HQ at Bucharest
- other supporting units
See also
References
- ^ a b Military Press Archives
- ^ Military Press, June 2007
- ^ Military Press, 22nd August, 2004
- ^ Romanian Military Press