Vladimir Putin’s speech on the stage of the annexation of Crimea confirmed that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has the ultimate goal of forcing Volodymyr Zelensky to sign a treaty by which Ukraine accepts the Crimean Peninsula to belong to Russia. Something like the acceptance by the Crown Council on June 27, 1940 of the surrender of Bessarabia. I will write in another comment about the role that the Crimean Peninsula plays in the mind of today’s Russian. Without knowing what Crimea means to Russians, including ordinary Russians, you cannot understand the risks taken by Vladimir Putin in starting a war not only with Ukraine but also with the whole West, but also the fact that Russia will go all the way in this. conflict. Vladimir Putin’s emphasis on Crimea, seen by him as a means of remaining in Russian history with Peter the Great and Catherine the Great, is evidenced by Vladimir Putin’s post-annexation visits to Crimea. But we searched the libraries and found out that Marshal Antonescu had also visited Crimea. Few know that during the war the Romanian Army took part in the Conquest of Crimea. In April 1942, Marshal Antonescu paid a visit to Crimea between April 3, 1942 and April 6, 1942, accompanied by the Minister of War, General Constantin Pantazi, General CZ Vasiliu, Secretary of State for the Interior, and General Petre Dumitrescu, Commander of the 3rd Army. Romanian. The Marshal visited the vast majority of our units established in Crimea. The highlight of the visit was the celebration of Easter among the soldiers on the front.
Easter falls on April 5, 1942. The first Easter after crossing the Prut and crossing the Dniester. More importantly, the Easter of April 5, 1942 is celebrated in an atmosphere of indisputable success on the fronts of the Holy War.
Odessa had been conquered, though not without great material and human losses.
The Romanian and German armies besieged Sevastopol.
The marshal had met with Hitler on February 11-12, 1942 in Rostenburg. The meeting enshrined Romania’s commitment to participate in the summer operations targeting Stalingrad. On the southern front, the two armies were heading for Crimea. The 1st echelon of the large units had already moved to the Kharkov area to the Volga.
It was seven months before the front broke into Stalingrad.
All the data supported the transformation of Easter 1942 into a culmination of Holy War Propaganda.
Easter is the greatest holiday of Christendom. It was normal for the 1942 Passover celebration to be considered a special impetus for the Crusades.
The moment also takes on a special propaganda significance through the celebration of Easter on the front by Marshal Ion Antonescu. From the Front, more precisely from the Crimea, on the Black Sea coast, the Marshal sends to the whole country the “Word” on the occasion of Easter. From the very beginning, the document aims to highlight where the words came from to the country:
„ROMANIANS,
Among the soldiers of the King and of the Country;
From the land where the Romanian blood flowed for the Cross and for our Christian Faith;
I turn all my Christian thoughts to you, saying to you the Romanian: “Christ is risen!”
(“The word of Marshal Ion Antonescu, on the occasion of Easter”, “Sentinel”, April 19, 1942)
The destiny of the Savior – from the Passion to the resurrection – becomes in the document the destiny of the Romanian nation in the last years, from the passions embodied by the fall of Bessarabia and Bukovina to the resurrection represented by the Dniester Crossing:
„The sufferings of the Son of Man, His teacher’s struggle for faith, His crucifixion for justice, after a Golgotha of humiliation, is also the way of our Nation, it is also the resurrection of our faith and our rights.
That is why, in addition to the soldiers of the King and of tomorrow’s History, my thought is reverently worshiped for all who have fallen, and my word is faithfully directed to all who follow our struggle. “ (same)
Undoubtedly, the propaganda of the Holy War takes full advantage of the Marshal’s visit to the front. At the meeting of the Council of Ministers on Friday, April 17, 1942, under the presidency of the Marshal, the presentation on the conclusions of the visit begins with the significance of the moment:
„Leaving, my first concern was to reach the front of the holidays, to be among the soldiers, as an encouragement for them and to bring them the greeting and brotherly love of our country which, due to their sacrifices and struggles, as well as the difficulties who endures them, lives today in this complete peace that you all feel, the whole country feels, which gives you the opportunity to work in order and to contribute to this constructive work that we all do to save and we are rebuilding the Romanian State ”.
[Arhivele Naţionale ale României, Stenogramele şedinţelor Consiliului de Miniştri, Guvernarea Ion Antonescu, vol. VI (februarie-aprilie 1942), Editura Mica Valahie, Bucureşti, 2002, pag. 429]
In Volume I of the monumental work administered by the late Gheorghe Buzatu, Peace and War, Marshal Ion Antonescu’s Journal, the second edition, revised and added, TipoMoldova Publishing House, the calendar of the Marshal’s visit is published. At the meeting on April 17, 1942, the Marshal summarized this calendar as follows:
„I visited the Crimea. I couldn’t go to Donetsk or the Sea of Azov either, because the ground was so clogged that it was impossible to drive a car, and the landing grounds did not allow heavy aircraft to land. That’s why I gave up going to the Donetsk and the Sea of Azov, even though that’s my intention. We saw all our big units there: we saw the 10th Division, the 19th Division, the 1st Division and the 4th Mountain Hunters Division ”. (on. cit.pp. 429-430)
According to the program reproduced in the volume Peace and War, The Marshal leaves Mogoşoaia station by train on April 1, 1942, traveling to Odessa. He spends Easter night in Simferopol. On Sunday, April 5, 1942, he is in Livadia, Crimea. He leaves for Bucharest from Chernivtsi, on Monday, April 13, 1942, in the evening, at 23:00, by train.
The “Sentinel” pays special attention to the gesture of spending Easter in the midst of those on the Front. The issue of April 26, 1942, reproduces, under the title “The Marshal Spent the Easter Holidays Among the Soldiers on the Front,” an extensive account of the visit. The purpose of the debut is to determine the broader meanings of the journey:
„The resurrection of the Lord was celebrated by the Leader, on the front, together with his dear soldiers, defenders of the Cross, the eternal sign of victory and of the Fatherland, the altar of our national life.
D. Marshal Antonescu went to the front lines of the front, shook strong and fierce hands and distributed gifts and rewarded the brave among the brave, clashing with the soldiers the red eggs of the new resurrection.
The past few days have been for the Leader, days of rest of the soul, of the renewal of the working powers and of the increase of the confidence in the forces of the nation and the final victory ”.
The cover of the issue of April 26, 1942, in which the report of the visit is printed, shows a snapshot in which the Marshal shakes hands with a Romanian soldier in a front uniform. The commentary on the photograph, entitled “The Marshal Among the Soldiers on the Front,” emphasizes the time of year in which the visit took place — Easter, April 5, 1942:
„Marshal Ion Antonescu, the country’s leader, wanted to spend the Easter holidays among the soldiers on the front. Our beloved Marshal went to the front lines of the front, where he distributed gifts to the fighters, clashed the red eggs of the new resurrection, and rewarded the brave with decorations.
He was in the Crimea and on the Sevastopol front, roaming the peninsula as far as Simferopol, traversing dangerous roads, seeking to know the lives of soldiers and officers on the front, without caring about the shells of the Bolsheviks, who had intensified the bombing as if on purpose.
The marshal considered that it was appropriate for the Holy Resurrection to find him in the midst of the soldiers on the battle line, to breathe there the breath of a reborn Romania, to feel the Romanian bravery rising to the heights of victory “.
NOTE: This editorial is taken entirely from cristoiublog.ro
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