Ka cika wannan jumlar: Duk da haka, maƙwabtan Romania ba su gamsu da sababbin iyakoki ba. Romania ta dogara da kawancen yanki da kariya daga Faransa da Ingila a yamma. Amma ba da daɗewa ba, Nazi na Jamus suka ci Faransa, kuma hakan ya jawo damuwa a ƙasar. Tun da yake ya riga ya bayyana cewa Yammacin duniya ba zai iya kare Romania ba, Soviet Union
Ya mamaye Bessarabia, Arewacin Bukovina da yankin Hertza a 1940 bayan wani karshe da aka tilasta Romania ta yarda. Sarki, Carol II, ya firgita kuma ya nemi taimakon Jamus don kare yankin Romania, amma ya tilasta wa ƙasar ta ba da Arewacin Transylvania ga Hungary da Kudancin Dobruja ga Bulgaria. Sarkin ya rasa duk shahararsa, wanda ya haifar da Yun Antonescu ya hau mulki. A hukumance ya shiga Axis kuma ya bukaci yankuna daga Yugoslavia bayan mamayar ta, musamman Banat da Timok Valley. Amma, hakan bai taɓa faruwa ba. A cikin 1941, Axis ya mamaye Tarayyar Soviet, yana ba da damar dawo da Romania na yankunanta da suka ɓace da Transnistria, wanda aka sanya shi ƙarƙashin mulkin farar hula. Koyaya, wannan aikin ya gaza, kuma bayan hambarar da Antonescu, Romania ta canza bangarori a 1944 kuma ta yi yaƙi da Axis, don haka ta sake rasa Bessarabia da Arewacin Bukovina ga Tarayyar Soviet. Wannan ya ba da damar dawo da Arewacin Transylvania ta ƙasar.