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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.
Between 28 June and 3 July 1940, the Soviet Union occupied Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, following an ultimatum made to Romania on 26 June 1940 that threatened the use of force. [2] Those regions, with a total area of 50,762 km 2 (19,599 sq mi) and a population of 3,776,309 inhabitants, were incorporated into the Soviet Union.
Romania after the territorial losses of 1940. 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 ...
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.
Toggle World War II and aftermath (1940–1947) subsection ... The new state, officially named Romania since 1866, ... Map of Romania after World War II indicating ...
Military history of Romania during World War II (7 C, 40 P) Moldova in World War II (4 C, 7 P) P. ... National Legionary State; National Peasants' Party;
This is a list of puppet states sponsored, created, or controlled by an occupying member of the Axis or Allied powers in World War II.. These puppet states or régimes claimed to enjoy full, complete, and independent sovereignty, but took at least some direction from their countries' occupiers. [1]
Erik Hansen, head of the military mission. The German Military Mission in Romania (German: Deutsche Heeresmission in Rumänien; Romanian: Misiunea Militară Germană în România) was a mission led by lieutenant general Erik Hansen, and sent from Nazi Germany to help Romania during World War II. [1]