Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A Tuscany, Helen ta sami kwanciyar hankali na gaske, duk da rashin ɗanta a mafi yawan shekara. Amma faɗuwar Yaƙin Duniya na II ya sake kawo canji a rayuwarta ta kullum. Dangane da Yarjejeniyar Molotov-Ribbentrop, Tarayyar Soviet ta tilasta Romania ta ba da Bessarabia da Arewacin Bukovina a gare su
a ranar 26 ga Yuni, 1940, kuma bayan 'yan makonni daga baya, an kuma tilasta wa kasar ta ba da Arewacin Transylvania ga Hungary (Na biyu Vienna Award, 30 ga Agusta, 1940) da Kudancin Dobruja zuwa Bulgaria (Yarjejeniyar 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 kula da mutuncin kasarsa ba kuma a karkashin matsin lamba daga Iron Guard, wani bangare na fascist da Nazi Jamus ta goyi baya, Carol II ya zama ba shi da mashahuri kuma a karshe an tilasta masa yin watsi da mulki 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.