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About Constantin Brătescu
- Constantin Bratescu (March 8, 1892 – April 13, 1971) was a Romanian Major-General during World War II.
- In 1941, he served first as Chief Propaganda Section General Staff (Romania's Propaganda Minister) and then as a Romanian liaison officer to the German Military Mission, meaning that he served as a German military officer during Operation Barbarossa and the Axis Invasion of the Soviet Union.
- Starting in 1942 Bratescu was a Romanian General Officer (at the rank of Major-General) and commanded the 1st Cavalry Division throughout the campaign against the Soviets, fighting in such engagements as Operation Barbarossa, Operation Blue, and the Battle of Stalingrad.
- Following the surrender of Friedrich Paulus' 6th Army at the Battle of Stalingrad, Bratescu became a prisoner of war and was held captive from 1943 to 1948.
- Finally, in 1948, he was released after five years of imprisonment and subsequently retired from active service.
- Bratescu ultimately died twenty-three years later, in 1971, at the age of seventy-nine.
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