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'{{Short description|Romanian general}} {{Infobox military person |honorific_prefix = |name = Nicolae Tătăranu |honorific_suffix = |image = |image_upright = |alt = |caption = |native_name = |native_name_lang = |birth_name = |other_name = |nickname = |birth_date = {{birth date|1890|10|3}} |birth_place = [[Măicănești]], [[Kingdom of Romania]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1953|5|13|1890|10|3|df=y}} |death_place = [[Bucharest]], [[Socialist Republic of Romania|Romanian People's Republic]] |allegiance = {{flag|Kingdom of Romania}} |branch = [[Romanian Land Forces]] |serviceyears = |serviceyears_label = |rank = [[Major General]] |rank_label = |servicenumber = |unit = |commands = 20th Infantry Division<br/>XI Army Corps |known_for = |battles = {{Tree list}} *[[World War I]] *[[World War II]] **[[Operation Barbarossa]] **[[Siege of Odessa (1941)|Siege of Odessa]] **[[Battle of Stalingrad]] {{Tree list/end}} |battles_label = |awards = [[Order of the Star of Romania]]<br /> [[Order of Michael the Brave]]<br />[[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]] |memorials = |alma_mater = [[Carol I National Defence University|Higher War School]] |spouse = |children = |relations = |laterwork = |signature = |signature_size = |signature_alt = |website = |module = }} '''Nicolae Tătăranu''' (3 October 1890 – 13 May 1953) was a [[Romania]]n [[Major General]] during [[World War II]].<ref name="gens">{{cite web|url=https://generals.dk/general/Tătăranu/I._Nicolae/Romania.html|title=Generals from Romania – Tătăranu, Nicolae|website=Generals.dk|accessdate=2021-01-08}}</ref> He was also a recipient of the [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]].<ref name="Fellgiebel"/> Tătăranu was born in [[Măicănești]], a village în [[Râmnicu Sărat County]], now in [[Vrancea County]]. In 1908 he enrolled in the School for Infantry Officers in [[Bucharest]], graduating in 1910 with the rank of second lieutenant. After Romania entered [[World War I]] on the side of the [[Allies of World War I|Allies]] in August 1916, Tătăranu fought with the 2nd Battalion ''[[Vânători de munte]]'', first as lieutenant, and then as captain. Following the end of World War One, Tătăranu attended the [[Carol I National Defence University|Higher War School]] (1921–1923). He served as [[military attaché]] in [[Paris]] from 1928 to 1931 as well as in [[Brussels]] (1929–1931) and [[Madrid]] (1930–1931). In 1935 he was promoted to colonel and in 1939 to brigadier general.<ref name="gens"/><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nicolescu |first1=Andrei |title=CONTRIBUȚII ALE ATAȘAȚILOR MILITARI ROMÂNI LA DEZVOLTAREA RELAȚIILOR ROMÂNO-FRANCEZE (1930-1936) |journal=Universitatea Pedagogică de Stat "Ion Creangă" din Chișinău |date=2013 |volume=4 |page=80 |url=https://ibn.idsi.md/sites/default/files/imag_file/Contributii%20ale%20atasatilor%20militari%20romani%20la%20dezvoltarea%20relatiilor%20romano%20franceze.pdf |access-date=22 July 2022}}</ref> In 1940 he published his World War I memoirs.<ref>{{cite book|first=Nicolae|last= Tătăranu|title=Acum un sfert de veac – Amintiri din războiu|lang=ro|publisher=[[Cartea Românească|Editura Cartea Românească]]|location=București|year= 1940|oclc=249834285}}</ref> During [[World War II]], Tătăranu took part in [[Operation Barbarossa]]. On August 1941, Tătăranu signed the ''Agreement Concerning Security, Administration and Economic Exploitation of the Territories between the Transnistria and Buh–Dnieper Region'' with General Major [[Arthur Hauffe]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Solonari |first1=Vladimir |title=A Satellite Empire Romanian Rule in Southwestern Ukraine, 1941–1944 |date=2019 |publisher=[[Cornell University Press]] |location=United States of America |isbn=9781501743191 |page=35}}</ref> In late October 1941 while serving as deputy commander of the Romanian ''10th Infantry Division'', troops under his command took part in the [[1941 Odessa massacre|Odessa massacre]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hayes |first1=Peter |title=How Was It Possible? - A Holocaust Reader |date=2015 |publisher=[[University of Nebraska Press]] |location=United States of America |isbn=9780803274693 |page=556}}</ref> During the [[Battle of Stalingrad]], Tătăranu initially served as commander of the Romanian ''20th Infantry Division'', later commanding the Romanian ''6th Corps''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Joly |first1=Anton |title=Stalingrad Battle Atlas: Volume III |date=2014 |publisher=Salamandre |isbn=9791093222066 |page=50}}</ref> On orders from General [[Friedrich Paulus]], he flew out of the [[Operation Koltso|Stalingrad pocket]] on 13 January 1943, in order to report to [[Mareșal (Romania)|Marshal]] [[Ion Antonescu]] on the dire situation of the Romanian troops trapped there.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://alesandrudutu.wordpress.com/2015/10/17/onoare-pierduta-generalul-nicolae-tataranu-ianuarie-1943/|url=Onoare pierdută. Generalul Nicolae Tătăranu (ianuarie 1943)|lang=ro|first=Alexandru|last=Dutu| date=October 17, 2015|access-date=July 22, 2022}}</ref> On 28 March 1945, Tătăranu was put into retirement by the [[First Groza cabinet|Petru Groza government]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://adevarul.ro/locale/constanta/cum-si-a-batut-joc-romania-generalii-luptat-eroic-razboi-100-fost-intemnitati-jumatate-murit-inchisorile-comuniste-1_5d4a9f5c892c0bb0c64bbe1f/index.html|title=Cum și-a bătut joc România de generalii care au luptat eroic în război: peste 100 au fost întemnițați, iar jumătate dintre ei au murit în închisorile comuniste|lang=ro|first=Mariana|last=Iancu|newspaper=[[Adevărul]]|date=August 8, 2019|access-date=July 22, 2022}}</ref> ==Awards== * [[Iron Cross]] (1939) 2nd and 1st Class * [[Order of the Star of Romania]], Commander Class (8 June 1940)<ref name=Decretul1905>Decretul Regal nr. 1.905 din 8 iunie 1940 pentru numiri de membri ai ordinului "Steaua României", publicat în ''[[Monitorul Oficial]]'', anul CVIII, nr. 131 din 8 iunie 1940, partea I-a, p. 2.783.</ref> * [[Order of Michael the Brave]], 3rd Class (14 November 1941)<ref name=Decret3202>Decretul Regal nr. 3.202 din 14 noiembrie 1941 pentru conferiri de Ordine Militare, publicat în ''[[Monitorul Oficial]]'', anul CIX, nr. 277 din 21 noiembrie 1941, partea I-a, p. 7.252.</ref> * [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]] (17 December 1942)<ref name="Fellgiebel">{{Cite book |last=Fellgiebel |first=Walther-Peer |authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel |year=2000 |origyear=1986 |title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile |trans-title=The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches |language=German |location=Friedberg, Germany |publisher=Podzun-Pallas |isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== * {{cite web|url=https://generals.dk/general/Tătăranu/I._Nicolae/Romania.html|title=General Nicolae Tătăranu|website=generals.dk|access-date=July 22, 2022}} * {{cite web|url=https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/28166/Tătăranu-Nicolae.htm|title=Tătăranu, Nicolae|website=www.tracesofwar.com|access-date=July 22, 2022}} {{Subject bar | portal1=Biography | portal2=Romania | portal3=World War II }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tataranu, Nicolae}} [[Category:1890 births]] [[Category:1953 deaths]] [[Category:People from Vrancea County]] [[Category:Romanian military personnel of World War I]] [[Category:Carol I National Defence University alumni]] [[Category:Romanian expatriates in France]] [[Category:Romanian expatriates in Spain]] [[Category:Romanian expatriates in Belgium]] [[Category:Romanian military personnel of World War II]] [[Category:Romanian Land Forces generals]] [[Category:Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]] [[Category:Commanders of the Order of the Star of Romania]] [[Category:Recipients of the Order of Michael the Brave]] {{Romania-mil-bio-stub}}'