Petre Dumitrescu

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Petre Dumitrescu
Dumitrescu in 1944
Born	(1882-02-18)18 February 1882 Dobridor, Dolj, Kingdom of Romania
Died	15 January 1950(1950-01-15) (aged 67) Bucharest, Romanian People’s Republic
Allegiance	Kingdom of Romania
Service/branch	Army
Years of service	1903–1944
Rank	2nd Lieutenant (1903) Lieutenant (1906) Major (1916) Lieutenant Colonel (1920) Brigadier General (1930) Major General (1937) Lieutenant General (1941) General (1942)
Commands held	First Army Third Army
Battles/wars	World War I World War II Eastern Front Operation München Crimean Campaign Battle of the Kerch Peninsula Battle of the Sea of Azov Battle of Rostov Battle of the Caucasus Operation Edelweiss Battle of Stalingrad Operation Uranus Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive First Jassy–Kishinev Offensive Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive
Awards	Order of Michael the Brave, 3rd Class Order of Michael the Brave, 2nd Class Order of the Star of Romania, 1st Class Order of the Crown (Romania) Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Petre Dumitrescu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈpetre dumiˈtresku]; 18 February 1882 – 15 January 1950) was a Romanian general during World War II who led the Romanian Third Army on its campaign against the Red Army in the Eastern Front.