SUBSCRIBE TO EXCELLENT WORLD WAR II VIDEOS Romanian borders faced the USSR directly. Prime Minister Ion Victor Antonescu led Romania from 1940 to 1944. In late 1940 Romania was forced to surrender Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina to the Soviet Union and Transylvania to Hungry. The following day Antonescu requested the dissolution; of the Romanian parliament and constitution, from King Carol, and proclaimed himself Conducător (leader). The powerful Iron guard challenged Antonescus power grab and launched an unsuccessful coup. The Iron Guard was completely eliminated as a party, banned and its leaders expelled from the country. Romanias commitment to Operation Barbarossa was large. Romania recaptured valuable land from the USSR. It losses at Stalingrad shook the country. Romania signed a peace agreement with the USSR on September 12, 1944. Antonescu and four of his cronies were executed in 1946. Actual footage of the execution was filmed and is widely available on the internet. Yahoo search: Executia lui Antonescu Admiral Miklós Horthy, or sometimes known in the West as Nikolaus von Horthy, was Regent of Hungary from 1920-1944. Horthy was considered right wing, but not a fascist. Many requests placed on Horthy by Hitler were refused. Hungary joined the Axis powers in November 1940 and assisted in the invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941. Joining the Axis guaranteed Hungary new territory. Hungary invaded the Soviet Union, under the command of Army Group South on June 26th, 1941. The ...
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