Marin Ceaușu (15 August 1891–21 August 1954) was a

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

brigadier-general Brigadier general or Brigade general is a military rank used in many countries. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries. The rank is usually above a colonel, and below a major general or divisional general. When appointed ...

during

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Biography

He was born in Bârca,

Dolj County Dolj County (; originally meant ''Dol(no)- Jiu'', "lower Jiu", as opposed to ''Gorj'' (''upper Jiu'')) is a county ( județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in Oltenia, with the capital city at Craiova. Demographics In 2011, the cou ...

. After graduating in 1913 from military school with the rank of second lieutenant, he commanded a platoon with the 5th Artillery Regiment until 1916, when he was promoted to lieutenant. He served in

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

with the 1st Artillery Regiment and was made captain in 1917. During the Romanian Campaignof 1916–1917 he fought in battles at Muncelu,

Târgu Ocna Târgu Ocna (; hu, Aknavásár) is a town in Bacău County, Romania, situated on the left bank of the Trotuș River, an affluent of the Siret, and on a branch railway which crosses the Ghimeș Pass from Moldavia into Transylvania. Târgu Ocna is ...

, and Cireșoaia. During the

interwar In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days), the end of the First World War to the beginning of the Second World War. The interwar period was relativel ...

, he advanced in rank to major (1923), lieutenant colonel (1933), and colonel (1938). From 1939 to 1942 Ceaușu served as Commanding Officer 14th Artillery Regiment. In 1942 he became Commanding Officer 2nd Infantry Division and fought at the

Second Battle of Kharkov The Second Battle of Kharkov or Operation Fredericus was an Axis counter-offensive in the region around Kharkov against the Red Army Izium bridgehead offensive conducted 12–28 May 1942, on the Eastern Front during World War II. Its objectiv ...

. In September 1942, during the offensive towards

Stalingrad Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), geographical renaming, formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stal ...

, he was wounded by a mine explosion, and was put at disposition for I Corps. In 1943, he was promoted to brigadier general, and was named General Officer Commanding Artillery IV Corps. In 1944, he was General Officer Commanding Artillery V Corps and fought in Moldavia. Finally, in 1945, he served in Czechoslovakia as General Officer Commanding 21st Division, during the

Prague offensive The Prague offensive (russian: Пражская стратегическая наступательная операция, Prazhskaya strategicheskaya nastupatel'naya operatsiya, lit=Prague strategic offensive) was the last major military ...

. Ceaușu went into reserve in 1946, and retired in 1947. He died in

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in 1954.

Awards

Order of the Star of Romania The Order of the Star of Romania (Romanian: ''Ordinul Steaua României'') is Romania's highest civil Order and second highest State decoration after the defunct Order of Michael the Brave. It is awarded by the President of Romania. It has five r ...

, Officer class, 8 June 1940.Decretul Regal nr. 1.905 din 8 iunie 1940 pentru numiri de membri ai ordinului „Steaua României”, publicat în ''

Monitorul Oficial ''Monitorul Oficial al României'' is the official gazette of Romania, in which all the promulgated bills, presidential decrees, governmental A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, general ...

'', anul CVIII, nr. 131 din 8 iunie 1940, partea I-a, p. 2.783. *

, Commander class. *

Order of Michael the Brave The Order of Michael the Brave ( ro, Ordinul Mihai Viteazul) is Romania's highest military decoration, instituted by King Ferdinand I during the early stages of the Romanian Campaign of the First World War, and was again awarded in the Second Wor ...

, 3rd class, 4 August 1945.Decretul regal nr. 2.467 din 4 august 1945 pentru conferiri de Ordinul "Mihai Viteazul" cu spade clasa III, publicat în ''

'', anul CXIII, nr. 179 din 9 august 1945, partea I-a, pp. 6.932-6.933. *

Iron Cross The Iron Cross (german: link=no, Eisernes Kreuz, , abbreviated EK) was a military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia, and later in the German Empire (1871–1918) and Nazi Germany (1933–1945). King Frederick William III of Prussia est ...

, 2nd class and 1st class.

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* 1891 births 1954 deaths Romanian Land Forces generals Romanian military personnel of World War II Recipients of the Order of Michael the Brave Recipients of the Order of the Star of Romania People from Dolj County Romanian military personnel of World War I Recipients of the Iron Cross (1939), 1st class {{Romania-mil-bio-stub