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15-766: Cristescu is a Romanian surname. Notable people with it include: Constantin Cristescu , Romanian General Daniel Cristescu , Romanian football defender Eugen Cristescu , Romanian secret police head Gheorghe Cristescu , Romanian socialist Marian Cristescu , Romanian football midfielder Melania Cristescu , Romanian–Canadian biologist and ecologist Silvian Cristescu , Romanian former professional footballer Vintilǎ Cristescu , Romanian long-distance runner See also [ edit ] Cristian (disambiguation) Cristești (disambiguation) Cristea (surname) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with

30-835: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Constantin Cristescu He was born on 2 December 1866 in Pădureți village, in Argeș County . He attended the gymnasium in Pitești and the School for Sons of Military in Craiova . In 1887 he graduated first in his class from the Infantry and Cavalry Officers School in Bucharest , with the rank of second lieutenant. Cristescu pursued his studies at

45-677: 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 . The last offensive of World War II in which the First Army took part in was the Prague Offensive in May 1945. During this offensive,

60-621: 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 Ploiești area, and the Romanian Army was used to fight German forces on the Eastern Front . The First Army became one of

75-754: The Romanian Campaign of World War I . Its commanders during that time were : During Operation München , when Romania entered World War II on the side of the Axis 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,

90-449: The surname Cristescu . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cristescu&oldid=1003931702 " Categories : Surnames Romanian-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

105-712: The École Polytechnique in Paris in 1890, the School of Artillery and Engineering Application of Fontainebleau in 1892, and the Superior School of War in Paris in 1894. Cristescu was promoted to lieutenant (1890), captain (1894), major (1902), lieutenant colonel (1907), and colonel (1910). He became Chief of the Romanian General Staff on 2 December 1913, and served in this role until 1 April 1914. He played an important role in

120-499: The 1st Army from 20 May 1946 to 30 June 1947. Like the other armies, the First Army was transformed into a "Military Region" in 1947. In 1960, the Military Regions were disbanded and reformed into the 2nd and 3rd Armies. From 1980, the two armies were once again reorganized into four armies. In 1989, the order of battle of the First Army was as follows: The First Army was redesignated the 1st Territorial Army Corps in 2000 and

135-544: The First Army operated together with the Romanian Fourth Army as part of the Soviet 2nd Ukrainian 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 . By May 11 and 12, all remaining German pockets of resistance in the east were crushed. General Ioan Mihail Racoviță commanded

150-609: 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

165-504: The development of the operational plans of the Romanian Army in the years prior to the entry of Romania in World War I , including the Hypothesis Z plan. He was promoted to brigadier general in 1914. During the Romanian Campaign of World War I , Cristescu was Chief of Staff of the 2nd and 3rd Romanian Armies and later of Army Group General Averescu. From 10 November to 5 December 1916 he

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180-518: The remaining troops of the Russian 4th Army fought back. Cristescu took upon himself the difficult task of reconstituting the front line; a single front was created through fierce fighting, supported by a strong artillery barrage, and by 6 August the German attack was repulsed. He continued to lead the 1st Army Mărășești until 11 August, when he was succeeded by General Eremia Grigorescu . In 1918 Cristescu

195-576: Was Commander of the Northern Army . In 1917 he was promoted to major general. In June of that year he took command of the Romanian 1st Army , during the operations leading up to the Battle of Mărășești , against the German 9th Army . The German offensive began on 24 July with a sustained artillery bombardment. Despite the failure of large Russian units that refused to fight and retreated, the 1st Army together with

210-566: Was buried at Bellu Cemetery , in the same city. In Bucharest, Pitești , and Slatina streets are named General Constantin Cristescu after him. Also, schools in Bogați and Lunca Corbului bear his name. First Army (Romania) World War II The First Army was a field army of the Romanian Land Forces , active from 1916 to 2000. The successor of the First Army was the 1st Infantry Division . The First Army took part in

225-553: Was promoted to Lieutenant General. He served for a second time as Chief of the General Staff from 1 April to 28 October 1918. After the end of the War, Cristescu served for a third and final term as Chief of the General Staff (1 April 1920 to 8 May 1923), during which time he coordinated the organization of the new national Army of Greater Romania . He died on 9 May 1923 in Bucharest, and

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