Ka cika wannan magana: A Tuscany, Helen ta sami kwanciyar hankali na gaske, duk da cewa ɗanta ba ya tare da ita kusan dukan shekara. Amma faɗuwar Yaƙin Duniya na II ya sake kawo canji a rayuwarta ta kullum. Dangane da Yarjejeniyar Molotov-Ribbentrop, Tarayyar Soviet ta tilasta wa Romania yin amfani da makamai masu linzami.
ya ba da Bessarabia da Arewacin Bukovina a gare su a ranar 26 ga Yuni, 1940, kuma bayan 'yan makonni, an tilasta wa kasar ta ba da Arewacin Transylvania ga Hungary (Na biyu Vienna Award, 30 ga Agusta, 1940) da Kudancin Dobruja zuwa Bulgaria (Sanarwar Craiova, 7 ga Satumba, 1940); wadannan asarar yankuna sun kawo karshen Babban Romania, wanda aka kirkira a karshen yakin duniya na farko. Ba zai iya kiyaye mutuncin yankunan kasarsa ba kuma a karkashin matsin lamba daga Iron Guard, wata jam'iyyar fascist da Nazi Jamus ta goyi baya, Carol II ya zama ba a yarda da shi ba kuma a karshe an tilasta masa yin murabus a ranar 6 ga Satumba, 1940. Dansa Michael, mai shekaru 18, ya zama sarki yayin da Janar Ion Antonescu ya kafa mulkin kama karya tare da goyon bayan membobin Iron Guard.