Ion Antonescu: Ion Antonescu. Self: History Rediscovered: Battle of Russia. Ion Antonescu was born in Pitesti, Romania, on June 15, 1882, to a middle-class family. He was sent to French military academies for his education, and upon returning home enlisted in the Romanian army, being commissioned as a lieutenant in 1907. He made a name for himself in that year when his unit was sent to Galati to put down a peasant...
Known For: History Rediscovered: Battle of Russia (Self)