In comparison to other occupations, relations between occupiers and occupied were relatively free of conflict in Romania in 1917. During the following year, however, tensions increased. This was largely due to the markedly deteriorating food situation, as well as the Romanians' resentment at the occupation continuing after the peace treaty of Bucharest, signed on 7 May 1918. The treaty destabilized the situation in a number of ways: it created an all-Romanian government closely linked to the Central Powers under Alexandru Marghiloman; it brought about the release of prisoners of war; and it meant that demobilized Romanian soldiers returned home. Information from returning prisoners of war and soldiers led people to think that the Central Powers would be defeated.
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