The Horea, Cloșca și Crișan Division was established in April 1945 from Romanian volunteers, mostly prisoners of war, but also Communist activists such as Valter Roman. It was created by the Soviet Un
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Tudor Vladimirescu Division
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The Tudor Vladimirescu Division was a Soviet-organised division of Romanians that fought against Germany and Hungary during the final year of World War II.
Horea, Cloșca și Crișan Division
…control of Romania after the war against the wishes of the regular Romanian Land Forces. By 1947, the HCsC Division, along with its sister unit, the Tudor Vladimirescu Division, was motorised and partially equipped with tanks, giving the two divisions a significant advantage in mobility and firepower. From 1954 the division's…
Rumän Divizia Tudor Vladimirescu 1943 5 Mützenabz
Above: Entry of the Tudor Vladimirescu division in Bucharest in August 1944. Below: King Michael I (right) reviewing the troops with General Nicolae Cambrea.
T-V Pantera tanks of the Tudor Vladimirescu division in Bucharest.