S7 E01 - Grant Harward on Romanian in WW1

This week welcome US Army Historian Dr. Grant Harward to open Series 7 and he wants to rage that ROMANIAN OFFICERS IN WORLD WAR 1 ARE NOT MAKE UP WEARING FOPS! How niche is that?We’ll be taking about how the myth of a decadent Romania is capitalised on by Germany in both world War 1 and World War 2. How Romanian actually fought in the Great War and how they changed both as a country and a military.If you’d like to know more then you can start with Grant’s excellent book on Romania in WW2 here and you can follow him on Twitter @GHarwardSupport the showYou can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage.You can join our 'Angry Mob' on Patreon as well. £5 per month gets you episodes 3 months early, the invite to choose questions, entry into our prize draws and the coveted History Rage mug. Subscribe at www.patreon.com/historyrage Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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