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On 22 June 1941, Romania, alongside the other Axis powers, commenced an invasion of the Soviet Union, with Romania's stated intent being the recovery of Bessarabia and Bukovina. The Axis forces completed the occupation of these territories by July 26, 1941.
THE JUNE/JULY 1940 ROMANIAN WITHDRAWAL FROM BESSARABIA AND NORTHERN BUKOVINA AND ITS CONSEQUENCES ON INTERETHNIC RELATIONS IN ROMANIA. Introduction. Long after the end of the Second World War, the summer 1940 annexation of Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina and the county of Herţa by the Soviet Union was still a taboo subject in Romanian historiography.
In 1940, after securing the assent of Nazi Germany through the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union pressured Romania, under threat of war, into withdrawing from Bessarabia, allowing the Red Army to enter and the Soviet Union to annex the region.
A mutual treaty between the Soviets and Romania was not signed due to the former's claims over Bessarabia. In the Kellogg-Briand Treaty of 1928 and the Treaty of London of July 1933, the Soviet Union and Romania subscribed to the principle of non-violent resolution of territorial disputes.
Nov 5, 2009 · On August 22, 1944, Soviet forces break through to Jassy, in northeastern Romania, convincing Romania’s king to sign an armistice with the Allies and concede control of his country to the...
After the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact was signed (Aug. 23, 1939), the Soviet Union demanded (June 26, 1940) that Romania cede Bessarabia and the northern portion of Bukovina. The Romanian government complied; Soviet troops entered the region on June 28.
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Romania joins Operation Barbarossa, attacking the Soviet Union hoping to recover the lost territories of Bessarabia and Bukovina. Later, Romania annexes Soviet lands immediately east of the Dnister. 1942–1943: Romania becomes a target of Allied aerial bombardment.
