Gore rimwe gare gare, Romania yakazviwana yakabatwa pakati peSoviet Union neNazi Germany. Pakupera kwa1940, yakanga yasiya Bessarabia kuSoviet Union
uye akasiya Northern Transylvania kuHungary yaitsigira Nazi. Kutevera kubhuroka kwe "Jurnalul Literar", Călinescu akave aripo nguva dzose mu "Iașul". Zvakare mu "Iașul", Ivașcu akanyora chinyorwa chezvematongerwo enyika, "Situația" ("Mamiriro ezvinhu"), achitsoropodza zvakanyanya mambo, achishungurudza kuswedera kwenyika neNazi Germany, uye achirumbidza maWestern Allies. Muna July 1940, akazviwana asungwa, achibvunzurudzwa nevakuru vakuru.