Barbu Alinescu
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Born | Order of the Crown, Commander class | January 20, 1890
Alma mater | Higher War School |
Barbu Alinescu (20 January 1890–30 November 1952) was a major general of the Romanian Armed Forces during World War II.
He was born in Bucharest in 1890. After graduating from military school with the rank of second lieutenant, he participated in the Second Balkan War in 1913, and then promoted to lieutenant. At the start of World War I he fought at the Battle of Turtucaia in 1916, after which he was promoted to captain and then to major the next year. After the war, Alinescu pursued his studies at the Higher War School (1919–1921), after which he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1927, to colonel in 1934, and to brigadier general in 1939.[1]
From 1940 to 1942 Alinescu was the director of the
After Romania entered
He died in Bucharest in 1952.
References
- ^ a b "Generals from Romania". Generals.dk. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- ^ "Conducere". www.cmn.ro (in Romanian). Cercul Militar Național. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
- ^ Decretul regal nr. 1.300 din 9 mai 1941 pentru acordări de decorații, publicat în Monitorul Oficial, anul CIX, nr. 109 din 10 mai 1941, partea I-a, p. 2.486.
- OCLC 221702805.