Alexandru Ioaniţiu

Alexandru Ioanițiu (born 1890 - died 1941) was a Romanian general. He was the commander of the Military Academy in Bucharest (1939-1941). On June 22, 1941, General Ioaniţiu served as Chief of the Romanian General Headquarters on the Eastern Front. He was killed on 17 September 1941 when his plane crashed-landed at an airport in Baden, near Odessa Ukraine, during the Siege of Odessa.

Honors

An alley in the city of Botoșani is named after him.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 26 June 2018 report of the Botoșani Local Council
  1. ^ Decretul Regal nr. 1.906 din 8 iunie 1940 pentru numiri de membri ai ordinului „Coroana României”, publicat în Monitorul Oficial, anul CVIII, nr. 131 din 8 iunie 1940, partea I-a, p. 2.789.


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