@granttharward.bsky.social
Historian of the Romanian Army in WW2. Works at US Army Center of Military History.
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I created a website for my books from Cornell University Press, Editura Corint & Osprey Publishing.
It has pages with all my videos & podcasts (in English & in Romanian). ⤵️
granttharward.com
It has pages with all my videos & podcasts (in English & in Romanian). ⤵️
granttharward.com
A German-made seaplane in Romanian service during WW2.
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
A German-made seaplane in Romanian service during WW2.
A Roma (Gypsy) woman poses on a street in Bucharest in August 1943.
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A Roma (Gypsy) woman poses on a street in Bucharest in August 1943.
A membership card for the Romanian Red Cross National Society from October 1941.
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
A membership card for the Romanian Red Cross National Society from October 1941.
An official & officers on the stand during the oath taking ceremony for the 114th Mechanized Regiment in Vînju Mare in 1973.
November 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
An official & officers on the stand during the oath taking ceremony for the 114th Mechanized Regiment in Vînju Mare in 1973.
#OTD 80 years ago, students organized a demonstration in Bucharest attended by tens of thousands to support King Mihai I against Petru Groza's pro-communist government. Workers & soldiers responded with violence to disperse the crowd. A dozen were killed & many more were injured.
November 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
#OTD 80 years ago, students organized a demonstration in Bucharest attended by tens of thousands to support King Mihai I against Petru Groza's pro-communist government. Workers & soldiers responded with violence to disperse the crowd. A dozen were killed & many more were injured.
King Carol I oversees drills by soldiers in fin de siècle Romania.
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
King Carol I oversees drills by soldiers in fin de siècle Romania.
A November 1943 cover of *The Illustrated Reality* with King Mihai I, Queen Mother Helen, & Vice Prime Minister Mihai Antonescu at the unveiling of a bust of Queen Marie in the courtyard of the 4th Roşiori Regiment - the deceased monarch had been an honorary member of the unit.
November 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A November 1943 cover of *The Illustrated Reality* with King Mihai I, Queen Mother Helen, & Vice Prime Minister Mihai Antonescu at the unveiling of a bust of Queen Marie in the courtyard of the 4th Roşiori Regiment - the deceased monarch had been an honorary member of the unit.
A Romanian newspaper clipping "The Commanders of the Germano-Romanian Armies in the Battle from the Sea of Azov" from October 1941.
Von Runstedt, Army Group South
Von Löhr, Luftflotte 4
Dumitrescu, Third Army
Von Kleist, Panzer Group Kleist
Von Runstedt, Army Group South
Von Löhr, Luftflotte 4
Dumitrescu, Third Army
Von Kleist, Panzer Group Kleist
November 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A Romanian newspaper clipping "The Commanders of the Germano-Romanian Armies in the Battle from the Sea of Azov" from October 1941.
Von Runstedt, Army Group South
Von Löhr, Luftflotte 4
Dumitrescu, Third Army
Von Kleist, Panzer Group Kleist
Von Runstedt, Army Group South
Von Löhr, Luftflotte 4
Dumitrescu, Third Army
Von Kleist, Panzer Group Kleist
A pair of schoolgirls walk through Cişmigiu Park in Bucharest in summer 1943.
November 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A pair of schoolgirls walk through Cişmigiu Park in Bucharest in summer 1943.
General Erich von Manstein, commander of German 11th Army (which incorporated a large number of Romanian troops), greets Marshal Ion Antonescu, dictator of Romania, during an inspection of the front in Crimea in spring 1942.
November 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
General Erich von Manstein, commander of German 11th Army (which incorporated a large number of Romanian troops), greets Marshal Ion Antonescu, dictator of Romania, during an inspection of the front in Crimea in spring 1942.
Wagons left behind in Galați by ethnic Germans from Bessarabia who were resettled to the Reich after the Soviet annexation of the territory from Romania in 1940.
November 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Wagons left behind in Galați by ethnic Germans from Bessarabia who were resettled to the Reich after the Soviet annexation of the territory from Romania in 1940.
The memoirs of Dumitru Dămăceanu are coming out. As a colonel, he was the chief of staff of the Capital Military Command in Bucharest, so he was one of the most important conspirators of the royal coup against Marshal Ion Antonescu in summer 1944.
November 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The memoirs of Dumitru Dămăceanu are coming out. As a colonel, he was the chief of staff of the Capital Military Command in Bucharest, so he was one of the most important conspirators of the royal coup against Marshal Ion Antonescu in summer 1944.
A Romanian gendarme poses with a bus at a stop on its route between Râmnicu Sărat & Dumitreşti in the interwar years.
November 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A Romanian gendarme poses with a bus at a stop on its route between Râmnicu Sărat & Dumitreşti in the interwar years.
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Last week, I had the great pleasure and privilege of being part of a fantastic panel chaired by @granttharward.bsky.social, with @manuelaboatca.bsky.social as our discussant, at the @as Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies ( @aseees.bsky.social ) 2025 Virtual Convention.
November 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Last week, I had the great pleasure and privilege of being part of a fantastic panel chaired by @granttharward.bsky.social, with @manuelaboatca.bsky.social as our discussant, at the @as Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies ( @aseees.bsky.social ) 2025 Virtual Convention.
A postcard of Romanian soldiers advancing during a field exercise in the 1950s.
November 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A postcard of Romanian soldiers advancing during a field exercise in the 1950s.
Roşior Soldier by Ştefan Luchian in the late 19th Century. A "red" was part of the regular cavalry of the Romanian Army.
October 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Roşior Soldier by Ştefan Luchian in the late 19th Century. A "red" was part of the regular cavalry of the Romanian Army.
The corpses of Romanian Jews being unloaded from one of two "death trains" after the Iaşi pogrom in summer 1941.
October 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The corpses of Romanian Jews being unloaded from one of two "death trains" after the Iaşi pogrom in summer 1941.
Romanian soldiers parade through Chişinău in summer 1941 after Axis forces compelled the Red Army to withdraw from Bessarabia.
October 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Romanian soldiers parade through Chişinău in summer 1941 after Axis forces compelled the Red Army to withdraw from Bessarabia.
Lipscani Street in Bucharest in 1939.
October 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Lipscani Street in Bucharest in 1939.
Pilots of the Romanian 52nd Fighter Squadron pose with cute furry companions in front of a German Bf 109 in Romanian colors (a cross made of Ms for King Mihai I) in Romania in fall 1943.
October 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Pilots of the Romanian 52nd Fighter Squadron pose with cute furry companions in front of a German Bf 109 in Romanian colors (a cross made of Ms for King Mihai I) in Romania in fall 1943.
I served in the Romania Bucharest Mission from 2005 to 2007. A wonderful & challenging experience during which I grew both spiritually & temporally. My mission changed my life because I then directed my historical passion into researching the past of Romania (& Moldova). 🇷🇴 🇲🇩
October 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I served in the Romania Bucharest Mission from 2005 to 2007. A wonderful & challenging experience during which I grew both spiritually & temporally. My mission changed my life because I then directed my historical passion into researching the past of Romania (& Moldova). 🇷🇴 🇲🇩
General Corneliu Dragalina, commander of Romanian VI Corps, on the eastern front during the Second World War with a portrait on his table of his father General Ion Dragalina, commander of Romanian First Army, who was killed on the eastern front during the First World War.
October 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
General Corneliu Dragalina, commander of Romanian VI Corps, on the eastern front during the Second World War with a portrait on his table of his father General Ion Dragalina, commander of Romanian First Army, who was killed on the eastern front during the First World War.
Romanian soldiers carry a wounded comrade in October 1944 during the campaign alongside the Red Army to expel German-Hungarian forces from N Transylvania.
October 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Romanian soldiers carry a wounded comrade in October 1944 during the campaign alongside the Red Army to expel German-Hungarian forces from N Transylvania.
A German chromolithograph of Romanian Army uniforms circa 1885.
October 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A German chromolithograph of Romanian Army uniforms circa 1885.
Romanian soldiers put to work on railways in Bacău County pause for a meal in 1967.
October 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Romanian soldiers put to work on railways in Bacău County pause for a meal in 1967.