Naturally, when the Basarabian half was lost it was disbanded and its men sent home because many had, involuntarily, just become Soviet citizens. The Romanian 12th Infantry Division was raised in Moldavia. Indeed, in one area the Red Army went beyond the area claimed by the USSR and refused to evacuate. This might explain what happened to 7th Artillery Regiment. However, the Red Army did not stick to the phase lines it had itself specified and moved prematurely into areas the Romanians had yet to leave, with the result that the Romanians were hustled out and had to abandon even more kit than they would have had to anyway. The deadline given for Romanian evacuation was too tight to uplift all the military stores, etc, in the province so much would have had to be abandoned anyway. (He reportedly turned up in German service under Otto Skorzeny in later years). Some Romanians claimed that they were sniped at by local Jewish Communists and there was at least one well attested massacre of Jews during the Romanian withdrawal, for which the officer responsible was later discharged. There was no "combat" during the Soviet occupation of Basarabia. I thank you in advance for all possible answers. To quote my source: Soldiers of 7th Artillery Regiment (of the 15th Infantry Division) of this division flung afield all material part of regiment, and ourselves scattered.Īlso I'm interested about Romanian "counter-attacks" and casualties at the village of Pirlica and Ungeny, the places where the Romanians and the Soviets apparently engaged themselves in the fiercest skirmishes. I was able to get some information about the campaign from the Russian or Ukranian sources, but I am having difficult time to find anything about the campaign from the Romanian perspective.Īccording to Russian sources, the 15th and 12th Romanian Infantry Divisions, the lattes being composed mainly of Bessarabians, simply disintegrated upon hearing that the Soviets are arriving. I was wondering if anyone could tell me something about the order of battle and the "combat" engagements of the Royal Romanian Army during the Soviet invasion of Bessarabia in 1940.
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