Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ruo na ngwụsị afọ 1940, Hitler nwere olileanya iguzobe ọchịchị udo nke Germany n'elu Balkan dị ka akụkụ nke ala nnabata ya, ma mgbe Soviet weghaara Bessarabia na ebe ugwu Bukovina site na Romania na ngwụsị June, a manyere aka ya. N'abalị asaa n'ọnwa Ọktoba, Germany wakporo Romania iji gbochie ndị agha Soviet ma nweta ohere ịbanye na mmanụ mmanụ Ploiești. Mgbe ọdachi nke Ịtali gasịrị
mbuso agha nke Gris na 28 Ọktọba ndị Britain batara dịka nkwekọrịta Anglo-Greek Mutual Aid Agreement si dị, na-eweghara Crete ma guzobe ọdụ ụgbọ elu n'ime bọmbụ bọmbụ nke ala mmanụ Romania. Na ngwụcha ọnwa Nọvemba Hungary na Romania bịanyere aka n'akwụkwọ nkwekọrịta Tripartite, na-esonyere ike Axis na, ọ bụ ezie na Yugoslavia jụrụ ịbịanye aka na mbụ, Hitler nwere njikwa nke ọtụtụ akụ ọrụ ugbo nke Great Hungarian Plain na ebe mmanụ Romania.