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Romania in World War II

  • Second Vienna AwardThe 1920 Treaty of Trianon carved the multiethnic Kingdom of Hungary into several new nation states. This decision left millions of ethnic Hungarians outside…
  • Treaty of CraiovaThe Second Vienna Award, signed on the 30th of August 1940, assigned Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary. This decision came under diplomatic…
  • Romania in World War IIIn the summer of 1940, the Soviet Union occupied Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. This event severely weakened Romania and diminished its international…
  • 1944 Romanian coup d'étatThe night of the 13th of June 1944 marked the beginning of a secret alliance that would reshape Eastern Europe. In a hidden house at 103 Calea Moșilor in…
  • Molotov–Ribbentrop PactThe outcome of World War I was disastrous for both the German and Russian empires. The Russian Civil War broke out in late 1917 after the Bolshevik…
  • Northern TransylvaniaThe territory now known as Northern Transylvania first emerged in recorded history under the Kingdom of Dacia, which existed from 82 BC until 106 AD.
  • Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern BukovinaIn 1812, the Treaty of Bucharest transferred Bessarabia from the Ottoman Empire to the Russian Empire. This region had been a vassal state of the Ottomans as…