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Map showing the claims of Romania and Ukraine and the final decision done by the ICJ. After the fall of communism in Romania with the Romanian Revolution of December 1989, [45] Romania tried to regain the small Snake Island. [46] Since it is located on the Black Sea, it has access to the sea's continental shelf rich in petroleum and natural gas ...
Romania after the territorial losses of 1940. The recovery of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina was the catalyst for Romania's entry into the war on Germany's side. Antonescu and Adolf Hitler at the Führerbau in Munich (June 1941) In 1940 Romania's territorial gains made following World War I were largely undone.
Administrative map of Romania in 1930. These regions and territories were part of Romania in the past: Bessarabia: this territory was part (as the eastern half) of Moldavia until 1812, when it was incorporated into the Russian Empire. The entire region became part of Romania from 1918 to 1940 when it was occupied by the Soviets.
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.
This article discusses the administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Romania between 1941 and 1944. As a result of the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina (28 June-4 July 1940), Second Vienna Award (30 August 1940) and the Treaty of Craiova (7 September 1940), territories that had previously been part of Romania were lost to the Soviet Union, Hungary and Bulgaria respectively.
Media in category "Maps of the history of Romania" The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Romania 1600-mod.png 367 × 285; 32 KB.
Romania joins Operation Barbarossa, attacking the Soviet Union hoping to recover the lost territories of Bessarabia and Bukovina. Later, Romania annexes Soviet lands immediately east of the Dnister. 1942–1943: Romania becomes a target of Allied aerial bombardment.
June 18 – Nadia Ileana Bogorin, First Lady of Romania, 1996–2000; August 1 – Simion Popescu, Greco-Roman wrestler; September 19 – Nicolae Bărbășescu, biathlete; October 25 – Olimpia Cataramă, Olympic athlete; November 1 – Alexandru Cecal, chemist (died 2021) November 19 – Cornel Oțelea, handball player