The monument was built up in the memory of the ones who lost their lives in the war for the independence and in the First World War.

Following the war for the independence, Romania achieved the independence against the Ottoman Empire. On the 16^th of April 1877, the United Principalities and the Russian Empire signed a treaty at Bucharest, which allowed the Russian armies to pass through the territory of the country in the road towards the Balkans, on the condition of respecting the territorial integrity of Romania.

In Romania it was declared the mobilization of the armies. Approximately 120.000 soldiers were aggregated along the Danube for defending the country in the case of a possible of the Turks. The Russian Empire declared war against the Ottoman Empire on the 24^th of April 1877, and the Russian troops entered in Romania at Ungheni, over the new bridge built over the Prut, the work of the well-known French engineer Gustave Eiffel. In the independence war, the loses suffered were of 4.302 deceased and disappeared, 3.316 injured and 19.904 ill.

The mobilized forces by Romania in the year of his entry in the First World War (1916) represented, from the numerical point of view, 15% of the country’s population, namely 1.083.000 people.

The effectives of the Romanian army at the date of the mobilization were of 833.758 – army and approximately 18.000 officers, which meant 23 infantry divisions and two cavalry divisions.

The Battle of Turtucaia 1^st of August – 6^th of September 1916

In this confrontation, the Romanian army suffered a hard defeat from the German – Bulgarian armies. There were registered 6 000 deceased and injured, meanwhile 28 000 militaries were taken prisoners.

The Battle from Bucharest the 29^th of November – 3^rd of December 1916

It constituted the last attempt of the Romanian troops, commanded by the general Constantin Brezan, of defeating the Capital in front of the invasion of the Central Powers. Although at the beginning the Romanian army achieved some successes, at long last it was under the necessity of retreating, Bucharest being occupied.

The Battle of Mărăști the 22^nd – the 1^st of August 1917

It was in progress between the 22^nd of July and the 1^st of August 1917 and it was an offensive operation of the Romanian army and of the Russian army under the purpose of enveloping and of destroying the 9^th German Army. Reorganized and solid instructed, but also having the experience of the campaign of 1916, the Romanian troops proved to be an enemy capable of causing problems and even of defeating the powerful German and Austrian – Hungarian armies.

The Battle of Mărășești the 6^th – the 16^th of August 1917

It was the most important military operation developed by the Romanian Army during the First World War. It was a complex operation, of defense and of keeping the line of the front dotted with numerous offensive fight backs from the Romanians.