| Second Battle of the Jiu Valley | |||||||
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| Part of the Romanian Debacle of World War I | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Romania |
 German Empire Austria-Hungary | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Paraschiv Vasilescu |
Viktor Kühne | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| 1st Infantry Division | LIV Army Corps | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 18 battalions |
40 infantry battalions 2 cavalry divisions | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown |
Unknown Erwin Rommel's Company (according to Rommel himself):[2] 3 dead (including 1 officer) 18 wounded 1 heavy machine-gun destroyed | ||||||
The Second Battle of the Jiu Valley was a military engagement between German and Romanian forces during the Romanian Campaign of World War I. It lasted between 7 and 17 November 1916 and resulted in a German victory.
This battle was a thoroughly unequal contest in which the Germans outnumbered the Romanians by more than two to one. Thus, from the outset of the battle, the result was certain: a complete and decisive German victory.[1]
- ^ a b Sir John Alexander Hammerton, Fleetway House, 1934, A Popular History of the Great War, Volume 3: The Allies at Bay: 1916, pp. 437–438
- ^ Erwin Rommel (2006) Infantry attacks. Greenhill Books. pp. 87 and 92–94. ISBN 1853677078