Nicolae Cambrea

Nicolae Cambrea (5 April 1899 – 5 February 1976) was a Romanian brigadier general during World War II.

He was born in Târgu Jiu, Gorj County, the son of the city's police chief.

After his father's death in 1916, during the German occupation of Târgu Jiu in World War I, he volunteered to serve in the Romanian Army.

He was briefly a Soviet prisoner of war, but the following year joined his captors and became General Officer Commanding of the Tudor Vladimirescu Division, which earned him the nickname "Red General".

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