HomeEuropeOn this day 40 years ago a coup attempt by General Nicolae Militaru against Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu failed because the soldiers who were supposed to carry out the plan were sent to harvest corn
On this day 40 years ago a coup attempt by General Nicolae Militaru against Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu failed because the soldiers who were supposed to carry out the plan were sent to harvest corn
October 16, 2024
On this day 40 years ago a coup attempt by General Nicolae Militaru against Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu failed because the soldiers who were supposed to carry out the plan were sent to harvest corn
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> A Securitate plot to depose Ceaușescu existed in the early 1980s, and he is known to have joined in 1984, adding an Army dimension.[7] Following the rise of Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985, Militaru requested the Soviet leader’s backing for an anti-Ceaușescu coup d’état; this was rejected.[8]
“So mister Militaru, what kind of work do you do?”
“You’re not gonna believe this.”
Outstanding move, absolute gigabrain intellect on Ceausescu
A piece of shit like the rest of the communists. He was just another murderer, his allegience was not with Ceausescu but the GRU/KGB.
That is the most romanian face i’ve ever seen
Literally 1984
And I would have gotten away with it too if it weren’t for your meddling corn!
Dude looked like Dracula
So that is why it is spelled cornel?
This guy’s affiliation to the KGB were found out by a counter information officer, named Gheorghe Trosca. That officer was at the time of the revolution in ’89 a counter terrorist colonel and was sent to the defense ministry building on a mission on the 24th. There, in the office, was Militaru, now the interim Defense Minister or something like that, who gave the orders for Trosca and his squad of 8 to come. As soon as they arrived, heavy guns opened fire on the group. Trosca was beheaded, his head put up on the fence of the ministry, with a cigarette in his mouth, their bodies desecrated and left there, in the streets. Militaru died at the age of 71, in 1996. I think this whole story is enough to tell everything there is to know about the Revolution in ’89.
ok but like, I love the fact that there’s an alternate reality where a guy names militaru is a military dictator
what a concidence lol
Great surname for general.
Oh look – thats the old pic of Winter Soldier. He is real after all!
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> A Securitate plot to depose Ceaușescu existed in the early 1980s, and he is known to have joined in 1984, adding an Army dimension.[7] Following the rise of Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985, Militaru requested the Soviet leader’s backing for an anti-Ceaușescu coup d’état; this was rejected.[8]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolae_Militaru
“So mister Militaru, what kind of work do you do?”
“You’re not gonna believe this.”
Outstanding move, absolute gigabrain intellect on Ceausescu
A piece of shit like the rest of the communists. He was just another murderer, his allegience was not with Ceausescu but the GRU/KGB.
That is the most romanian face i’ve ever seen
Literally 1984
And I would have gotten away with it too if it weren’t for your meddling corn!
Dude looked like Dracula
So that is why it is spelled cornel?
This guy’s affiliation to the KGB were found out by a counter information officer, named Gheorghe Trosca. That officer was at the time of the revolution in ’89 a counter terrorist colonel and was sent to the defense ministry building on a mission on the 24th. There, in the office, was Militaru, now the interim Defense Minister or something like that, who gave the orders for Trosca and his squad of 8 to come. As soon as they arrived, heavy guns opened fire on the group. Trosca was beheaded, his head put up on the fence of the ministry, with a cigarette in his mouth, their bodies desecrated and left there, in the streets. Militaru died at the age of 71, in 1996. I think this whole story is enough to tell everything there is to know about the Revolution in ’89.
ok but like, I love the fact that there’s an alternate reality where a guy names militaru is a military dictator
what a concidence lol
Great surname for general.
Oh look – thats the old pic of Winter Soldier. He is real after all!