Ion Boițeanu

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Ion Boițeanu (10 October 1885–5 April 1946) was a Romanian lieutenant general during World War II.

After graduating from military school in 1909 with the rank of second lieutenant, he advance in rank to lieutenant (1912), captain (1916), major (1917), lieutenant-colonel (1925), colonel (1931), and brigadier general (1938).

Boițeanu served as Secretary-General

General Officer Commanding 3rd Division. On 9 May 1941 he was awarded the Order of the Star of Romania, Commander class.[1] In January 1942 he was promoted to major general.[2] From 18 March to 25 May 1943, he was General Officer Commanding 19th Division, and fought on the Eastern Front.[3]
From May to September 1943, he was Acting General Officer Commanding Cavalry Corps, after which he was General Officer Commanding I Corps until April 1944. In January 1944 he advanced in rank to lieutenant general.

In April 1944, he became Director of the

Minister of Justice
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From 3 December 1944 to 8 April 1945 Boițeanu served as General Officer commanding the IV Corps. The Romanian troops under his command, in cooperation with units of the Soviet 7th Guards Army fought in 1945 in northern Hungary, conquering the Bükk mountains, thereby forcing the retreat of the Wehrmacht units defending the Mátra mountains.[5]

References

  1. ^ Decretul regal nr. 1.299 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.
  2. ^ Decretul Conducătorului Statului nr. 505 din 19 februarie 1942 pentru înaintări în Armata de Uscat, publicat în Monitorul Oficial, anul CX, nr. 44 din 20 februarie 1942, partea I-a, p. 1.157.
  3. ^ "Acțiunile trupelor române în Caucaz și Kuban". moscova.mae.ro (in Romanian). Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  4. doi:10.1086/421185
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  5. JSTOR 25730187

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