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Purifying the Ranks: Ethnic and Minority Policy in the R omanian A rmed F orces during the S econd W orld W ar
Author(s) -
Harward Grant
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
studies in ethnicity and nationalism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.204
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1754-9469
pISSN - 1473-8481
DOI - 10.1111/sena.12029
Subject(s) - romanian , ethnic group , front (military) , nazism , spanish civil war , military service , political science , world war ii , ethnic cleansing , political economy , nationalism , operational level of war , law , economic history , history , development economics , sociology , politics , red army's tactics in world war ii , geography , economics , philosophy , linguistics , meteorology
During the S econd W orld War, the Romanian Armed Forces joined in the conflict between Nazi G ermany and Soviet R ussia. The Romanian Army's contribution to the Axis war effort has been largely forgotten or sidelined since the war. Similarly, R omania's minorities and their military service or restriction from military service has been overlooked. R omania's expansion after the First W orld War greatly increased the number of minorities in the country and also those serving in the military. The way the Romanian Armed Forces dealt with minorities and their contribution to the Romanian war effort should not be forgotten as the true extent and depth of the war on the Eastern Front is being revealed. Romanian nationalist and ethnic policies affected the ranks as much as it shaped the rest of its wartime policy of ethnic ‘purification’.