Ioan Popovici (brigadier general) explained

Honorific Prefix:Brigadier General
Ioan Popovici
Nickname:"Epure"
Birth Date:1865 8, df=yes
Death Place:Sighet Prison, Sighetu Marmației, Romanian People's Republic
Allegiance: Kingdom of Romania
Branch:Cavalry
Rank:
Battles:World War I

Ioan Popovici (23 August 1865  - 1953, in Sighet) was a Romanian general assigned to the general staff headquarters, during World War I. He attended the (Military Infantry and Cavalry School) in Bucharest from 1885 to 1887. Afterward he rose through the ranks until he became a brigadier general in 1916 as World War I was raging, engulfing Romania. He was known as "Epure" to distinguish him from another Romanian general with the same name.

In World War I, he was assigned to the general staff at headquarters.[2]

After the Communists took power in Romania, he was arrested in 1948 (at 83 years of age), ultimately dying in Sighet Prison in 1953.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Ministerul de Răsboiu, Anuarul Armatei Române pe anul 1916, Tipografia "Universala" Iancu Ionescu, București, 1916
  2. Marele Cartier General, Ordinea de bătaie a armatei - 14 august 1916, București, 1916
  3. Web site: Remus. Macovei. Distrugerea elitei militare românești. ro. ART-EMIS. October 2, 2013. August 11, 2021.