@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 Romanian artillery officer with his family in the 1930s.
November 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
A Romanian artillery officer with his family in the 1930s.
Wooden crosses in a Romanian frontline military cemetery in
Pimeno-Cherni, southwest of Stalingrad, in December 1942.
Pimeno-Cherni, southwest of Stalingrad, in December 1942.
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Wooden crosses in a Romanian frontline military cemetery in
Pimeno-Cherni, southwest of Stalingrad, in December 1942.
Pimeno-Cherni, southwest of Stalingrad, in December 1942.
Romanian nurses with several of their patients in Bacău in 1943.
November 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Romanian nurses with several of their patients in Bacău in 1943.
A 1931 postage stamp celebrating the century of the Romanian Army, dating back to the establishment of a standing army in Wallachia in 1830 under Russian occupation.
November 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A 1931 postage stamp celebrating the century of the Romanian Army, dating back to the establishment of a standing army in Wallachia in 1830 under Russian occupation.
Romanian soldiers in Ghimbav pose during a party in 1989.
November 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Romanian soldiers in Ghimbav pose during a party in 1989.
Queen-Mother Helen reunites with her son King Mihai I in Romania in fall 1940 after King Carol II was forced to abdicate & go into exile.
November 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Queen-Mother Helen reunites with her son King Mihai I in Romania in fall 1940 after King Carol II was forced to abdicate & go into exile.
German soldiers pause at a scenic overlook in the Predeal Pass through the Carpathian Mountains in Romania in May 1941.
November 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
German soldiers pause at a scenic overlook in the Predeal Pass through the Carpathian Mountains in Romania in May 1941.
A Romanian WW2 identity disk for Ilie Teleanu indicating he was part of the 1937 contingent, enrolled in the Prahova Recruiting Circle, & assigned to the 14th Mountain Rifles Battalion.
November 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A Romanian WW2 identity disk for Ilie Teleanu indicating he was part of the 1937 contingent, enrolled in the Prahova Recruiting Circle, & assigned to the 14th Mountain Rifles Battalion.
A 1930s postcard of the main building of the "Prince Carol" Infanterie Military School in Sibiu.
November 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A 1930s postcard of the main building of the "Prince Carol" Infanterie Military School in Sibiu.
A lieutenant & a captain, with women in traditional costume, of the Romanian 1st "Carol I" Artillery Regiment in the 1930s.
November 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A lieutenant & a captain, with women in traditional costume, of the Romanian 1st "Carol I" Artillery Regiment in the 1930s.
A Romanian officer at a military school in Buhuşi in 1940.
November 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A Romanian officer at a military school in Buhuşi in 1940.
Romanian officers with female acquaintances in Târgu Ocna in 1942.
November 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Romanian officers with female acquaintances in Târgu Ocna in 1942.
The Romanian I Corps staff in 1902.
November 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The Romanian I Corps staff in 1902.
"Romanian Ambulance" by Sava Henţa in 1877. The painting shows Romanian Army medical personnel taking care of Ottoman captives in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878.
November 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"Romanian Ambulance" by Sava Henţa in 1877. The painting shows Romanian Army medical personnel taking care of Ottoman captives in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878.
Romanian military surplus "Triumph" soap from the 1970s is for sale as "organic" & "vintage."
November 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Romanian military surplus "Triumph" soap from the 1970s is for sale as "organic" & "vintage."
Romanian soldiers in Bosnia Herzegovina in the mid-1990s.
November 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Romanian soldiers in Bosnia Herzegovina in the mid-1990s.
A column of Romanian artillery advances through Bessarabia in July 1941.
November 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A column of Romanian artillery advances through Bessarabia in July 1941.
A column of Romanian infantry marching through Iaşi in May 1944.
November 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
A column of Romanian infantry marching through Iaşi in May 1944.
Romanian soldiers immediately after being captured by the Soviets in the Don Bend during the battle of Stalingrad in November 1942.
November 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Romanian soldiers immediately after being captured by the Soviets in the Don Bend during the battle of Stalingrad in November 1942.
Romanian infantry & German pioneers laying down for cover with rubber boats in preparation to cross the Prut River in June 1941.
November 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Romanian infantry & German pioneers laying down for cover with rubber boats in preparation to cross the Prut River in June 1941.
"In the fights from Caucasus & Volga the Romanians are unsurpassed at [the] bayonet!" A front page of The Sentry from late September 1942. The editors go on to hark back to the hand-to-hand of Romanian troops at Plevna & Smârdan in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878.
November 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"In the fights from Caucasus & Volga the Romanians are unsurpassed at [the] bayonet!" A front page of The Sentry from late September 1942. The editors go on to hark back to the hand-to-hand of Romanian troops at Plevna & Smârdan in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878.
Romanian mountain troops at the front at Târgu Neamţ in May 1944.
November 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Romanian mountain troops at the front at Târgu Neamţ in May 1944.
Locals greeting Romanian troops in Bessarabia after the start of Operation Barbarossa in 1941.
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Locals greeting Romanian troops in Bessarabia after the start of Operation Barbarossa in 1941.
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.