page_title: Traian Moșoiu
section_title: The Hungarian–Romanian War
hierarchical_section_title: Traian Moșoiu / The Hungarian–Romanian War
caption_attribution_description: Generals Moșoiu and Olteanu during the crossing of the river Tisza.
context_page_description: Traian Moşoiu was a Romanian general during World War I and the Hungarian–Romanian War. He held the posts of Minister of War in the Alexandru Vaida-Voevod cabinet, Minister of Communications and of Industry and Commerce in the Ion I. C. Brătianu cabinet.
context_section_description: On 1 December 1918, the Union of Transylvania with Romania was officiated by the elected representatives of the Romanian people of Transylvania. Later that month, Romanian units reached the line of the Mureș River, which was the demarcation line agreed upon by the representatives of the Allied powers and Hungary. On 10 December, a unified command of the Romanian army in Transylvania was established; its headquarters were at Sibiu, with Moșoiu in command. On 12 March 1919 he was appointed Military Governor of Transylvania.
  On 21 March Béla Kun led a successful communist coup d'état in Hungary; he formed a social democratic, communist coalition government and proclaimed the Hungarian Soviet Republic.  General Gheorghe Mărdărescu was in command of the Romanian army in Transylvania, with General Moșoiu in command of the Army Group North. By 18 April, the first elements of the Romanian offensive were completed and the Hungarian front was broken. Moșoiu's troops took control of western Transylvania, including the cities of Șimleu Silvaniei, Beiuș, and Oradea by 20 April, and then Salonta, Carei, and Satu Mare, pressing on to the Tisza River. The Hungarian forces retreated to Szolnok and from there across the Tisza, establishing two concentric defense lines. Between 29 April and 1 May, the Romanian Army broke through these lines, establishing control on the entire east bank of the Tisza.  On 2 May, Hungary sued for peace, with Kun prepared to recognize all of Romania's territorial demands.  General Moșoiu became the governor of the military district between the Romanian border and the Tisza River.
  After repelling attacks by the Hungarian Army in July 1919, the Romanian Army crossed the Tisza River at the end of the month and advanced towards Budapest. On 2 August, Kun fled Hungary towards the Austrian border and eventually reached the Soviet Union. On 3–4 August some 400 Romanian soldiers with two artillery guns took hold of the city.  Soon after, the bulk of the Romanian troops arrived in the Budapest and a parade was held through the city center in front of their commander, General Moșoiu. Romanian forces continued their advance into Hungary, stopping at Győr; they occupied all of Hungary with the exception of an area around Lake Balaton. Moșoiu was named commander of the Romanian military garrison in Budapest and Military Governor of the Hungarian territory to the west of the Tisza River.
caption: Generals Marcel Olteanu [ro] and Moșoiu during the crossing of the Tisza
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