Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - MuTuscany, Helen akawana kugadzikana kwechokwadi, pasinei zvapo nokusavapo kwomwanakomana wake kwechikamu chikuru chegore. Zvisinei, kutanga kweHondo Yenyika II kwakakanganisazve upenyu hwake hwezuva nezuva. Mukuwirirana neMolotov-Ribbentrop Chibvumirano, Soviet Union yakamanikidza Romania kubvisa Bessarabia neNorthern Bukovina kwavari
musi wa 26 Chikumi 1940, uye masvondo mashoma gare gare, nyika yakamanikidzwawo kupa Northern Transylvania kuHungary (Yechipiri Vienna Award, 30 Nyamavhuvhu 1940) uye Southern Dobruja kuBulgaria (Chibvumirano cheCraiova, 7 Gunyana 1940); kurasikirwa kwenzvimbo idzi kwakagumisa Greater Romania, yakagadzirwa pakupera kweHondo Yenyika I. Asingakwanise kuchengetedza hutongi hwenyika yake uye pasi pekumanikidzwa neIron Guard, bato refascist rakatsigirwa neNazi Germany, Carol II akawedzera kusada kufarirwa uye pakupedzisira akamanikidzwa kusiya chigaro musi wa 6 Gunyana 1940. Mwanakomana wake Michael, ane makore 18, akava mambo nepo Mukuru Mukuru Ion Antonescu akagadza udzvinyiriri nokutsigirwa nenhengo dzeIron Guard.