Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hondo Yenyika II yakatanga muna September 1939, uye kukunda kweGermany kuWestern Front uye kukundwa kwakazotevera kweFrance muna June 1940 kwakatyisa Carol II zvikuru. Akanga agutsikana kuti vavakidzani vakanga vasingachakwanisi kudzivirira Romania, naizvozvo akasarudza kuti nzira bedzi yokuchengeta nayo nyika yakabatana yaiva yokuvimba neGermany. Zvisinei, ikoku hakuna kudzivisa gwaro rokupedzisira reSoviet raJune 26, 1940. Mariri, kutsaurwa mukati memaawa makumi maviri nemana eBessarabia kwakarairwa, pamwe neNorthern Bukovina semubhadharo we "kutambura kwevaBessarabian pasi pehutongi hweRomania". Mugumo wacho wakataura kuti Bessarabia yaiva "muchikamu chikuru (chendudzi) cheUkraine" uye kuti Northern Bukovina yakanga "yakabatana neSoviet Ukraine". Kupfuurirazve, mepu yechirango yakadhirowewa nepenzura tsvuku gobvu iyo yakabvumira Soviet Union kuti itorewo nharaunda yeHertza kunyange zvazvo yakanga isina kutaurwa murugwaro. Sezvo maAllies akanga adonha uye Germany neItaly zvakanga zvichimukurudzira kugamuchira zvikumbiro, Carol II akagamuchira chikumbiro chokupedzisira. Nokudaro, pana June 28, Soviet Union yakatora
ndima dzataurwa.