Ioan Popovici (divisional general), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Ioan Popovici (divisional general)
- Ioan Popovici (16 August 1857 – ?) was a Romanian general and commander of the Romanian 1st Army Corps from 1916 to 1918, during World War I.
- He attended the ?coala Militara de Infanterie ?i Cavalerie (Military Infantry and Cavalry School) in Bucharest from 1879 to 1881.
- Afterward he rose through the ranks until he became a Divisional General in 1916 as World War I was raging, engulfing Romania.
- He was known as "Provincialul" (the Provincial) because of his ineptitude.In World War I, he commanded the First Army Corps.
- The loss suffered by his command at the Battle of Sibiu (1916) led to his forced retirement.
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