Romania
Bucharest
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- …1939Kingdom of Romania
- simplified version (without arms)
Course of events
- 23 August 1939
Neutral / non-belligerent
Neutral. In 1940 ceded Bessarabia and N. Bukovina to the USSR, N. Transylvania to Hungary and S. Dobruja to Bulgaria.
- 23 November 1940
Axis powers & allies
Joined the Tripartite Pact; war against the USSR from 22 June 1941.
- 23 August 1944
Allies
King Michael's coup: Romania switched to the Allied side.
Events involving this country
- 28 Jun 1940Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina
- 30 Aug 1940Second Vienna Award
- 27 Sept 1940Tripartite Pact
- 22 Jun 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 30 Oct 1941Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)
- 12 May 1942Second Battle of Kharkov
- 28 Jun 1942Case Blue — German summer offensive 1942
- 17 Jul 1942Battle of Stalingrad
- 26 Aug 1943Battle of the Dnieper
- 20 Aug 1944Jassy–Kishinev offensive
- 23 Aug 1944King Michael's coup — Romania changes sides
- 29 Dec 1944Siege of Budapest
Data completeness: borders c. 1938, status at country level; occupation zones, annexations and front lines as approximate snapshots. Units and offensives: selected, incomplete sets; archive: only items with a confirmed licence, still being added.