Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Zvisinei, vavakidzani veRomania havana kugutsikana nemiganhu mitsva. Romania yakavimba nemasangano enharaunda uye kudzivirirwa neFrance neUnited Kingdom kumadokero. Zvisinei, nokukurumidza, Nazi Germany yakakundwa
France, ichikonzera kunetseka kukuru munyika. Sezvo zvakanga zvava pachena kuti kuMadokero kwakanga kusingachakwanisi kudzivirira Romania, Soviet Union yakatora Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina uye nharaunda yeHertza muna 1940 pashure pechirango chakamanikidzwa kuti Romania igamuchire. Mambo, Carol II, akatya ndokutsvaka betsero yeGermany kuti adzivirire ndima yeRomania, asi yakamanikidza nyika yacho kupa Northern Transylvania kuHungary uye Southern Dobruja kuBulgaria. Mambo akarasikirwa nokufarirwa kwake kwose, zvichikonzera Ion Antonescu kuva nesimba. Akabatana neAxis zviri pamutemo ndokutsvaga nzvimbo kubva kuYugoslavia mushure mekupinda kwayo, kunyanya Banat neTimok Valley. Zvisinei, izvi hazvina kumboitika. Muna 1941, Axis yakapinda muSoviet Union, ichibvumira kudzorerwa neRomania kwenharaunda dzayo dzakarasika pamwe neTransnistria, iyo yakaiswa pasi pehutongi hwevanhu. Kunyange zvakadaro, basa iri rakakundikana, uye pashure pokubviswa kwaAntonescu, Romania yakachinja mativi muna 1944 ndokurwa neAxis, nokudaro ichirasikirwa neBessarabia neNorthern Bukovina zvakare kuSoviet Union. Izvi zvakaita kuti nyika ikwanise kudzorera Northern Transylvania.