Constantin Constantinescu-Claps
Military Person
1884 – 1961
Who was Constantin Constantinescu-Claps?
Constantin Constantinescu-Claps was a Romanian military commander during World War II, condemned as a military criminal in the Communist Romania after the war. He participated in both World War I and World War II, and rose through the ranks in the Romanian Army. On November 9, 1941, he was appointed the commander of the Romanian Fourth Army, and became a Corps General on January 24, 1942. On February 10, 1943, he was relieved of his assignment and replaced by Constantin Sănătescu. Constantinescu-Claps retired in 1943, was arrested in 1951, and was condemned to 15 years' imprisonment in 1954. In 1955, he was exonerated and released.
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