Losses of the Bulgarian Army and Its Opponents in the Battles for Dobrudzha (September 1916 – January 1917)

Потери болгарской армии и ее противников в боях за Добруджу (сентябрь 1916 г. – январь 1917 г.)

Bulgarian Historical Review, 52 (2024), No. 3-4, pp. 47-84
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Sergey Nelipovich / Сергей Нелипович

Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences Russia, 129301 Moscow. Researcher ID: AGZ88492022; ORCID: 0009000078470780; Email: drfaust1963@yandex.ru

Abstract: Combat losses of the armies of the opposing sides are an indicator not only of casualties incurred and the intensity of battles, but also a factor in assessing the combat 85 effectiveness of troops. In the article, based on documents from the State Military Historical Archive of Bulgaria (DVIA), the Russian State Military Historical Archive (RGVIA), the Austrian State Archive (ÖStA), the Bavarian Main State Archive (BayHSA), information collected by researchers from different countries, the losses of the armies of Bulgaria, Romania, AustriaHungary, German, Ottoman and Russian empires during the Romanian campaign (September 1916 – January 1917), an important part of which was the Dobrudzha operation of the 3rd Bulgarian army. In these battles, the Bulgarian troops suffered the heaviest losses of all the Allied contingents (up to 50 thousand people), but at the same time inflicted a serious defeat on the enemy troops and disabled more than 0.25 million of their soldiers.

Keywords: First World War, Romanian campaign, Bulgarian army, Austro-Hungarian army, German army, Ottoman army, Romanian army, Russian army, combat operations, combat losses, Dobrudzha, Danube

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