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The Kingdom of Romania, under the rule of King Carol II, was initially a neutral country in World War II. However, Fascist political forces, especially the Iron Guard, rose in popularity and power, urging an alliance with Nazi Germany and its allies. As the military fortunes of Romania's two main guarantors of territorial integrity—France and ...
The territorial evolution of Romania (Romanian: Evoluția teritorială a României) includes all the changes in the country's borders from its formation to the present day. The precedents of Romania as an independent state can be traced back to the 14th century, when the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia were founded.
The Battle of Romania in World War II comprised several operations in or around Romania in 1944, as part of the Eastern Front, in which the Soviet Army defeated Axis (German and Romanian) forces in the area, Romania changed sides, and Soviet and Romanian forces drove the Germans back into Hungary. Soviet troops entered Romanian territory during ...
The earliest written evidence of people living in the territory of present-day Romania comes from Herodotus in Book IV of his Histories, written in c. 440 BC; He writes that the tribal union/confederation of the Getae were defeated by the Persian Emperor Darius the Great during his campaign against the Scythians.
Greater Romania. Administrative map of Romania in 1930. The term Greater Romania (Romanian: România Mare) usually refers to the borders of the Kingdom of Romania in the interwar period, [1] achieved after the Great Union. It also refers to a pan-nationalist [2][3] idea. As a concept, its main goal is the creation of a nation-state which would ...
Map of Romania after World War II indicating lost territories. Main article: Soviet occupation of Romania The Soviet's second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive led to defeat of Romania, subsequent royal coup d'état , and the switch of Romania from the Axis to the Allies.
7,693 civilians killed. 7,809 civilians wounded. The Western Allied Campaign in Romania consisted of war declarations and aerial operations during the Second World War by eight Western Allied countries against Romania which itself was primarily engaged on the Eastern Front in fighting against the Soviet Union.
B. Black Sea campaigns (1941–1944) Aerial warfare during Operation Barbarossa. Battle of the Dnieper. Bombing of Bucharest in World War II. Bratislava–Brno offensive. Budapest offensive.