First Army (Romania)
| First Army | |
|---|---|
| Active | 16 August 1916 – 2000 |
| Country |
 Romania
|
| Branch | Romanian Land Forces |
| Garrison/HQ | Bucharest |
| Anniversaries | 18 August |
| Engagements | |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
General Eremia Grigorescu General Petre Dumitrescu |
The First Army was a field army of the Romanian Land Forces, active from 1916 to 2000.
The First Army took part in the Romanian actions during the First World War.
Commanders were :
During Operation Munchen when Romania entered the Second World War in June–July 1941, the First Army was in the interior of Romania while the Third and Fourth Armies formed the main Romanian assault force. The First Army comprised at the time the 1st Army Corps (2nd, 11th, 30th, 31st IDs, 6th Army Corps and 7th Army Corps. (Romanian Artillery p. 117)
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. At the Battle of Debrecen in October 1944, where Romanian units played a key part in the overall Soviet offensive, the First Army consisted of the 4th Army Corps with the 2nd Infantry Division and the 4th Infantry Division, and the 7th Army Corps with the 9th Infantry Division and 19th Infantry Division. The 7th Army Corps, with the 2nd and 19th Infantry Divisions and what was reported as the 9th Cavalry Division, then took part in the Siege of Budapest as part of the Red Army's 3rd Ukrainian Front.
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