Double Victory: Minorities and Women During World War II Teaser
Image  Romania, Army  Romania provided more troops to the German
cause than all other Axis satellites combined, and more than 1.2
million Romanian men served under arms by mid-1944. The Armata
Rom‰n‹ (Romanian army) fought first for the Axis powers and then
for the Allies. Most senior officers were political appointees
who relied on outmoded tactics of massed frontal assaults—an
approach that was reinforced both by the paucity of modern
communications equipment and by the fact that the army was
composed primarily of uneducated peasants. Strict boundaries
existed between officers and enlisted ranks, and punishments
were brutal. Campaigns on foreign soil for dubious benefits
diminished morale and efficiency, but the soldiers were
tenacious when they believed they were fighting in the interest
of Romania instead of for Germany.  The Frontier and Mountain
units were the elite troops, composed of experienced
professional border guards. The Cavalry Cor