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The Romanian expression România Mare (Great or Greater Romania) refers to the Romanian state in the interwar period and to the territory Romania covered at the time. At that time, Romania achieved its greatest territorial extent, almost 300,000 km 2 or 120,000 sq mi [ 265 ] ), including all of the historic Romanian lands.
On June 5, 1942, in the midst of World War II, the United States declared war on Axis-aligned Romania, in response to Romania having declared war on the United States on December 12 of the previous year. [6] The US declared war on Hungary and Bulgaria the same day.
Antonescu and Adolf Hitler at the Führerbau in Munich (June 1941).. In the immediate wake of the loss of Northern Transylvania, on 4 September 1940, the Iron Guard (led by Horia Sima) and General (later Marshal) Ion Antonescu united to form the "National Legionary State", which forced the abdication of Carol II in favor of his 19-year-old son Michael.
After World War II, the number of Romanians who migrated to the United States increased again. This time, they settled mostly in California, Florida and New York, coming from throughout Romania. After the Fall of Communism in 1989, increased numbers of Romanians moved to the United States, taking advantage of the new relaxation of Romania's ...
The Romanian Army is founded. Romania switches from Cyrillic script to the Latin script that is still in use today. 1861: On February 5, the 1859 union is formally declared and a new country, Romania is founded. The capital city is chosen to be Bucharest.
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Romania: 22 December 1989: Romanian Revolution of 1989: 24 January 1859: Autonomous Principality of Romania founded; becomes kingdom in 1866 and achieved independence 1878 Ottoman Empire: 10 February 1947: Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina: 13 July 1878: International recognition by the Treaty of Berlin. San Marino: 1600
World War II began in September 1939, and the German victory on the Western Front and the subsequent defeat of France in June 1940 seriously alarmed the King of Romania Carol II. He was convinced that the allies could no longer defend Romania, so he decided that the only way to keep the country together was by relying on Germany.