3rd Army Armata a 3-a Română | |
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Active | 1916 – 1947; 1960 – 1990s? |
Country | Kingdom of Romania |
Branch | Royal Romanian Army |
Type | Field army |
Size | 70,000-100,000 |
Engagements | |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Mihail Aslan Alexandru Averescu Petre Dumitrescu Dumitru I. Popescu Nicolae Dăscălescu |
The 3rd Army (Armata a 3-a Română) was a field army of the Romanian Land Forces active from the 19th century to the 1990s. It fought as part of the German Army Group B during World War II, in Ukraine, the Crimea, and the Caucasus. General Petre Dumitrescu commanded the 3rd Army for much of that time.
The 3rd Army contained the only Romanian divisions trained by the Germans, and as a result, it was a significantly better fighting force than the fellow 4th Army during the Battle of Stalingrad.[1]