The 3rd Army was a field army of the Romanian Land Forces active from the 19th century to the 1990s. It fought as part of the German Army Group B during World War II, in Ukraine, the Crimea, and the Caucasus. General Petre Dumitrescu commanded the 3rd Army for much of that time.
Romanian soldiers at Stalingrad, 1942
General Alexandru Averescu
General Petre Dumitrescu in 1944
Romanian soldier at Stalingrad
The Romanian Land Forces is the army of Romania, and the main component of the Romanian Armed Forces. Since 2007, full professionalization and a major equipment overhaul have transformed the nature of the Land Forces.
General Gheorghe Magheru
Romanian troops taking Grivitsa redoubt
Royal Romanian Army infantry in 1943
Monument of the Romanian Soldier in Carei