Fourth Army (Romania)

Fourth Army Armata a 4-a Română
Active	August 1916 - June 1947 April 1980–2000
Country	Romania
Branch	Romanian Land Forces
Garrison/HQ	Cluj-Napoca
Anniversaries	15 August
Engagements	World War II Odessa Sevastopol Stalingrad Jassy-Kishinev Prague
Commanders
Notable commanders	Marshal Constantin Prezan General Mihail Lascăr General Constantin Constantinescu-Claps General Mihai Racovițǎ

Northern advance into Transylvania
Part of Romanian Campaign (World War I)
Date 27 August–18 September 1916 Location North-Eastern Transylvania, now Romania Result Romanian victory
Belligerents
Romania	Austria-Hungary
Commanders and leaders
Constantin Prezan	Konrad Grallert von Cebrów
Units involved
4th Army	61st Infantry Division
Strength
107,948	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

World War II

The Fourth Army (Armata a 4-a Română) was a field army (a military formation) of the Romanian Land Forces active from the 19th century to the 1990s.

The Fourth Army fought in the Romanian Campaign of World War I, under the command of General Prezan. Units under its command took part in the Prunaru Charge and the Battle of Bucharest.

commanders were :

On 22 June 1941, according to research by Leo Niehorster, the 4th Army consisted of the 3rd Army Corps (Guards, 15th, and 35th Reserve Divisions), the 5th Army Corps (Border Division and 21st Division), the 11th Army Corps (two fortress brigades), and the 4th Army Cooperation Command. It was under the command of Lieutenant General N. Ciuperca. In 1942, it fought on the Axis side as part of the German Army Group B. In July 1941 it took part in Operation Munchen, the recapturing of Bessarabia and the Northern Bukovina, which was annexed by the Soviet Union the year before.

By August 1941 during the Siege of Odessa, 4th Army had under command the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 11th Army Corps under its control, with a total of 17 infantry divisions, the 1st Armoured Division (Romania), three cavalry divisions, and a total of 38 artillery regiments. On 9 November 1941, Constantin Constantinescu-Claps was appointed the commander of the Fourth Army, and became a Corps General on 24 January 1942. On 10 February 1943, he was relieved of his assignment and replaced by Constantin Sănătescu.

From late 1942 to early 1943, the Fourth Army was almost entirely destroyed during the Battle of Stalingrad. The Romanian Third Army suffered a similar fate. During April–May 1944 the Romanian forces led by General Mihai Racoviţǎ, together with elements of the German Eighth Army were responsible for defending Northern Romania during the Soviet First Jassy-Kishinev Offensive, and took part in the .

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