Misiunea militară a generalului Milan Rastislav Štefánik în România în lumina documentelor din arhivele române şi franceze1
The military mission of the general Milan Rastislav Štefánik in Romania in the light of the documents in the Romanian anf French archives
In Romania the mission of the French general Milan Rastislav Štefánik, native from Slovakia (minister of war in the Czech Republic since October 1918), took place from October 1916 until January 1917. His mission was to enroll Czech, Slovak and prisoners from Alsacia and Lorrene captured by the Romanian army in the period August-December 1916. The Romanian king didn’t agree because he said that the soldiers sword faith to a country and they wouldn’t make the same thing a second time for another one. After the Intervention of prime-minister Brătianu, the Romanian king agreed to the plans of Štefánik.
Keywords: French archives, Czech and Slovak prisoners, Romanian army, First Mondial War, the Romanian king
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