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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jlblonde, post: 1528773, member: 32000&quot;]<b>Romania WWII</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Following the outbreak of WWII on 1 September 1939, the Kingdom of Romania<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Romania" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Romania" rel="nofollow"></a> under King Carol II<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_II_of_Romania" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_II_of_Romania" rel="nofollow"></a> officially adopted a position of neutrality. However, the rapidly changing situation in Europe during 1940, as well as domestic political upheaval, undermined this stance. Fascist political forces such as the Iron Guard<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Guard" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Guard" rel="nofollow"></a> rose in popularity and power, urging an alliance with Nazi Germany<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany" rel="nofollow"></a> and its allies. After the tide of war turned against the Axis, Romania was bombed by the Allies<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Romania_in_World_War_II" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Romania_in_World_War_II" rel="nofollow"></a> from 1943 onwards and invaded by advancing Soviet armies in 1944. Despite this late association with the winning side, Greater Romania<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Romania" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Romania" rel="nofollow"></a> was largely dismantled, losing territory to Bulgaria and the Soviet Union<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" rel="nofollow"></a>, but gaining Northern Transylvania from Hungary.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]201215.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Romania - 5 Lei - 1942 - Km #61</p><p>[ATTACH]200961.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]200962.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Romania - 20 Lei - 1943 - KM #62</p><p>[ATTACH]200966.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]200967.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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