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Ion Antonescu

Romaniab. 15 June 1882 · d. 1 June 1946Add to favourites

Marshal and dictator (Conducător) of Romania from September 1940. Joined the Axis, sent the 3rd and 4th Armies into the USSR and bore responsibility for the murder of Jews in Bessarabia, Bukovina and Transnistria. Overthrown by King Michael on 23 August 1944; executed 1946.

Roles and commands

4 Sept 1940 – 23 Aug 1944Conducător, Prime Minister

Events

30 August 1940Second Vienna Award
27 September 1940Tripartite Pact
23 August 1944King Michael's coup — Romania changes sides

Sources

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