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Constantin Constantinescu Claps

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Allegiance
  
Commands held
  
4th Army

Service/branch
  
Romanian Land Forces

Years of service
  
1913-1944

Died
  
1961, Bacau, Romania

Rank
  
Army general

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Battles/wars
  
Second Balkan WarWorld War IWorld War II

Name
  
Constantin Constantinescu-Claps

Battles and wars
  
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Constantin Constantinescu-Claps (February 20, 1884 – 1961) was a Romanian military commander during World War II, condemned as a military criminal in the Communist Romania after the war (later exonerated). He participated in both World War I and World War II, and rose through the ranks in the Romanian Army. On November 9, 1941, he was appointed the commander of the Romanian Fourth Army, and became a Corps General on January 24, 1942. On February 10, 1943, he was relieved of his assignment and replaced by Constantin Sanatescu. Constantinescu-Claps retired in 1943, was arrested in 1951, and was condemned to 15 years' imprisonment in 1954. In 1955, he was exonerated and released.

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Constantin Constantinescu-Claps Wikipedia


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