Second Romanian campaign of World War I
Part ofEastern Front ofWorld War I
Date 10–11 November 1918 Location Bukovina,Brăila Result Romanian victory
Belligerents
Germany Austria-Hungary	Romania
Commanders and leaders
August von Mackensen	Ferdinand I
Strength
Unknown	10 divisions 2 warships
Casualties and losses
77 assorted German vessels were captured	None

Thesecond Romanian campaign of World War I was one of the shortest military operations of the war, taking place during the last two days of the war, 10 and 11 November 1918. With no significant battles, it yielded important territorial as well as material gains for the Romanians, and was a prelude to theHungarian–Romanian War, which would start two days later, on 13 November.

TheFirst Romanian Campaign ended in victory for theCentral Powers, forcing Romania to sign theTreaty of Bucharest and drop out of the war in May 1918. This treaty was deeply resented by the Romanians.

But afterBulgaria had capitulated on 29 September 1918, the French-ledArmy of the Danube under ofHenri Mathias Berthelot, traveled unopposed under armistice terms through Bulgaria by rail towards Romania. By the end of October, they had reachedPleven,Veliko Tarnovo andRuse on the Bulgarian-Romanian border. There was still a large German-Austrian-Hungarian occupation force present in Romania under command ofAugust von Mackensen. By early November however, it was clear the war was lost and the occupation force marched home towards Hungary, and the French crossed the Danube atSvishtov andNikopol.^[1] These events motivated Romania to re-declare war on the Central Powers on 10 November 1918.^[2]

On the northern front, Romanian troops occupiedAustrian Bukovina, entering the capitalCzernowitz on 11 November.^[3]

In the morning of 11 November, three hours before theAllied Armistice with Germany was signed, the Romanian monitorMihail Kogălniceanu, together with the 30-ton river torpedo boatTrotușul, recovered the port ofBrăila after the Germans retreated from the city. The two Romanian warships captured 77 assorted German vessels abandoned in the city's port (barges, tankers, tugs, floating cranes, and motorboats).^[4]

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