What the records say
- When
- 26 Sep 1916 – 29 Sep 1916
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 47.50° N, 16.37° E
- Location
- Southeastern Transylvania, Austria-Hungary (Szeben, Fogaras and Nagy-Küküllő counties) and northwestern Wallachia, Romania (Vâlcea and Argeș counties)
- Outcome
- Decisive Central Powers victory
- Belligerents
- German Empire Austria-Hungary vs Romania
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Battle of Nagyszeben (1916)
The Battle of Nagyszeben was a World War I military engagement fought between the forces of the Central Powers on one side and the forces of Romania on the other side. It was the decisive engagement during the Battle of Transylvania, and also the largest, involving four armies out of the five fighting in the region: two Romanian, one German, and one Austro-Hungarian.
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