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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 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.
Romania during World War II: Ion Antonescu: Mircea: Mircea: 1989 1386–1418 Battle of Rovine, Battle of Nicopolis: Mircea cel Batrân, Mehmed I, Vlad III the Impaler: Mircea at IMDb: For the country: Pentru patrie: 1978 1877–1878 Romanian War of Independence: Carol I of Romania: Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man: Portretul luptătorului ...
Oglinda ("The Mirror"), also known as Începutul adevărului ("The Beginning of Truth"), is a controversial 1993 film by Romanian director Sergiu Nicolaescu.It depicts Romania during World War II, focusing on the Royal Coup of 23 August 1944 that toppled Ion Antonescu, the Axis-allied Conducător and authoritarian Prime Minister.
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 ).
World War II׃ The Complete History: Matthew Hall: 2001 United Kingdom Horror in the East: Laurence Rees, Martina Balazova: 2001 Japan Japanese Devils: Minoru Matsui: 2001 France Sobibor, Oct. 14, 1943, 4 p.m. Claude Lanzmann: 2001 United States The Color of War: Peter Coyote: 2002 United States A Yiddish World Remembered: Andrew Goldberg: 2002 ...
The music of the documentary was composed by Kenji Kawai. The documentary is composed exclusively of actual footage of the war as filmed by war correspondents, soldiers, resistance fighters and private citizens. The series is shown in color, with the black-and-white footage being fully colorized, save for some original color footage.
6 June – A state of war is declared between Romania and the United States. [4] 1 July – Romanian and German troops capture the fortress at Sevastopol following a siege that had lasted 8 months. [5] 7 September – Romanian and German troops capture Novorossiysk in the Battle of the Caucasus. [6]