Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Panguva iyoyo, Călinescu akanga aronga kurwiswa kwenyika yose kweIron Guard, kusanganisira kubviswa kwaCodreanu. Ikoku kwakaguma nenhevedzano yenhamo dzokutsiva, dzichisvika pakakwirira muna September 1939, apo boka ravarindi rorufu rakakwanisa kuuraya Călinescu. Mukati memwedzi waNovember, Carol akaedza kokupedzisira kugadzira "chibvumirano chenyika" chakatenderedza FRN, achikoka Maniu kuti abatane; kupihwa kwacho kwakarambwa. Mihalache akanga ane chigaro muCrown Council mukuvamba kwa1940, zvichida nemhaka yokuti kuita kudaro kwakaderedza dzvinyiriro kushamwari yake Madgearu, uyo Carol akanga asunga. Dambudziko rezvematongerwe enyika rakatanga muRomania muna June 1940, apo hurumende yeFRN yakabvuma gwaro reSoviet uye
yakabvisa utongi hwayo muBessarabia. Maniu akataura izvi sekupinda kweSoviet, uye akatenda kuti Mauto aifanira kunge akaramba. Muna August 1940, pashure pekuvimbiswa neNazi Germany neSoviet Union, Regency Hungary yakakumbira Romania kuti itaurirane nezvenharaunda dzekuTransylvania. Maniu akaburitsa kuratidzira paruzhinji, achida kuti pasave nekuderedzwa kwekuchengetedzwa kwenzvimbo.