Battle of Turtucaia
The Battle of Turtucaia (Romanian: Bătălia de la Turtucaia; Bulgarian: Битка при Тутракан, Bitka pri Tutrakan), also known as Tutrakan Epopee (Bulgarian: Тутраканска епопея, Tutrakanska epopeya) in Bulgaria, was the opening battle of the first Central Powers offensive during the Romanian Campaign of World War I. The battle lasted for five days and ended with the capture of the fortress of Turtucaia (now Tutrakan) and the surrender of its Romanian defenders.
| Battle of Tutrakan | |||||||
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| Part of the Dobruja Campaign of the Romanian Campaign of World War I | |||||||
"The Battle of Tutrakan" by Dimitar Giudzhenov | |||||||
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Bulgaria German Empire | Romania | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Panteley Kiselov |
Mihail Aslan Constantin Teodorescu | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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31 battalions: 55,000 |
19 battalions (initially): 39,000 36 battalions (end phase) 4 river monitors 8 gunboats | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Dead or wounded: 9,205 |
Dead or wounded: 7,500 Taken POW: 480 officers and 22,000–28,000 soldiers | ||||||
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