Nicolae Petala

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Nicolae Petala
1916 - General Nicolae Petala 1.jpg
BornAugust 29, 1869
Vaslui, United Principalities
Died1947 (aged 78)
Bucharest, Romania[1]
Allegiance Romania
BranchRomanian Land Forces
Years of service1889 — 1925
RankMajor General[2]
Battles/warsSecond Balkan War
World War I
AwardsOrder of the Star of Romania, officer rank (1912)
Order of the Crown, commander rank (1909)
"The Rise of the Country" Medal (1913)
The "Sanitary Merit" Cross (1914)[2]

Nicolae Petala was a Romanian general who was one of the generals of the Romanian Land Forces in the First World War. He served as commander of the army, army corps and division in the campaigns of 1916, 1917 and 1918.[3]

Military Career[]

After graduating from the military school of officers with the rank of lieutenant, Nicolae Petala held various positions in the artillery units or in the upper echelons of the army, the most important being those of commander of the 40th Infantry Regiment (1911-1912), chief of staff of the 2nd and 3rd Army Corps (1913-1915) and commander of the 15th Infantry Brigade (1915-1916).[4][5][6][7]

During the First World War, he successively fulfilled the functions of: commander of the 15th Infantry Brigade (between 14/27 August - 25 August / 7 September 1916); commander of the 22nd Infantry Division (between 25 August / 7 September - 30 August / 12 September 1916); commander of the 9th Infantry Division (between August 30 / September 12 - September 30 / October 12, 1916); Commander of the 1st Army Corps (September 30 / October 12 - October 12/25, 1916); commander of the 1st Army (between 12/25 October 1916 - 21 October / 3 November 1916); commander of the 1st Army Corps (between October 21 / November 3, 1916 - May 21 / June 3, 1918); commander of the IV Army Corps (between May 21 / June 3, 1918 - July 12, 1919).[3]

After the war, he also commanded the Command of the Western Troops from Cluj (between July 1 and September 30 1920 ) and the 6th Army Corps from Cluj (between March 24, 1921 - April 1, 1924 ). In 1925 he was appointed Inspector General of the Army and Military Education. Between 1921-1928 he was the director of the newspaper . He was a legal senator.[8] Petala was married to Rosetta Pilat and had 2 children from the marriage, Elena-Alice and Vintilă.[8][1]

Nicolae Petala died in Bucharest in 1947.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Gheorghe Bezviconi, Necropolis of the Capital , "Nicolae Iorga" Institute of History, Bucharest, 1968
  2. ^ a b Ministerul de Răsboiu, Anuarul Romanate pe pe 1916, Tipografia „Universala” Iancu Ionescu, București, 1916
  3. ^ a b Alexandru Ioanițiu (Lt.-Colonel), Războiul României: 1916-1918 , vol 1, Tipografia Geniului, București, 1929
  4. ^ Ministry of War, Yearbook of the Romanian Army for 1905 , Lito-Tipografia L. Motzătzeanu, Bucharest, 1905
  5. ^ Ministry of War, Yearbook of the Romanian Army for 1910 , Albert Baer Printing House, Bucharest, 1910
  6. ^ Ministry of War, Yearbook of the Romanian Army for 1914 , F. Gobl and Sons Printing House, Bucharest, 1914
  7. ^ Ministry of War, Yearbook of the Romanian Army for 1915 , George Ionescu Printing House and Graphic Arts Establishment, Bucharest, 1915
  8. ^ a b Adrian Stroea, Marin Ghinoiu, From the elite of artillery, Publishing House of the Technical-Editorial Center of the Bucharest Army, 2012

Bibliography[]

  • Kiritescu, Constantin, History of the war for the unification of Romania, Scientific and Encyclopedic Publishing House, Bucharest, 1989.
  • Ioanițiu Alexandru (Lt.-Colonel), The Romanian War: 1916-1918, vol 1, Tipografia Geniului, Bucharest, 1929.
  • Romania in the World War 1916-1919, Documents, Annexes, Volume 1, Official Gazette and State Printing Offices, Bucharest, 1934.
  • The General Headquarters of the Romanian Army. Documents 1916 - 1920, Machiavelli Publishing House, Bucharest, 1996.
  • The military history of the Romanian people, vol. V, Militară Publishing House, Bucharest, 1989.
  • Romania in the years of the First World War, Militară Publishing House, Bucharest, 1987.
  • Romania in the First World War, Militară Publishing House, 1979.
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