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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.
The major attack of the Battle of Romania – the second Jassy–Kishinev offensive, between 20 August and 29 August – was a Soviet victory. [4] The German Sixth Army was encircled by the initial Soviet onslaught and was destroyed for the second time (the first time was at the Battle of Stalingrad ).
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Operation Tidal Wave was an air attack by bombers of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) based in Libya on nine oil refineries around Ploiești, Romania, on 1 August 1943, during World War II. It was a strategic bombing mission and part of the "oil campaign" to deny petroleum-based fuel to the Axis powers. [4]
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Documentary Nominated for two Oscars – Best Documentary and Best Foreign Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards. Winner of the Best Documentary Award at the 2020 European Film Awards. La Gomera: Corneliu Porumboiu: Vlad Ivanov, Cartinel Marlon Comedy, Crime, Drama Selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival
Romanian historians claimed that the coup shortened the war by as much as "six months." [8] [page needed] Formal Allied recognition of the de facto change of orientation of Romania in the war came on 12 September 1944. Until this date, Soviet troops started moving into Romania, taking approximately 140,000 Romanian prisoners of war. [9]
19 November – The Romania Third and Fourth Armies come under attack by the Soviet Red Army at the Battle of Stalingrad. [8] 1 December – The Soviet cruiser Voroshilov and destroyer Soobrazitelny shell Snake Island, damaging the radio station, barracks and lighthouse on the island, but fail to inflict significant losses. [9]