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    Ion Antonescu

    Prime minister and conducător of Romania during World War II, executed for war crimes

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  1. Ion Antonescu (/ ˌ æ n t ə ˈ n ɛ s k uː /; Romanian: [i'on antoˈnesku] ⓘ; 14 June [O.S. 2 June] 1882 – 1 June 1946) was a Romanian military officer and marshal who presided over two successive wartime dictatorships as Prime Minister and Conducător during most of World War II.

  2. Ion Antonescu (born June 15, 1882, Pitești, Rom.—died June 1, 1946, near Jilava) was a Romanian marshal and statesman who became dictator of the pro-German government during World War II. After World War I, Antonescu served as military attaché in Paris and in London and, in 1934, as chief of the Romanian general staff.

  3. Ion Antonescu: Date personale; Născut: 14 iunie 1882 Pitești, România: Decedat: 1 iunie 1946 (63 de ani) Jilava, Ilfov, România: Cauza decesului: pedeapsa cu moartea (plagă împușcată[*] ) Părinți: Ioan și Chiriachița (Lița) Antonescu, recăsătorită Baranga (naturală) Frieda Kuppermann (vitregă) Căsătorit cu

  4. Feb 1, 2009 · Marshal Ion Antonescu is, perhaps, the most controversial figure in modern Romanian history. That country's leader from 1940 to 1944, he was executed, at the end of the war, for ordering Romania's participation in the German invasion of the Soviet Union, and for crimes against humanity.

  5. As the war turned against the Axis and Soviet forces entered Romania in 1944, Antonescu was arrested and turned over to the Soviet Union as a war criminal. Soviet authorities returned Antonescu to Romania in 1946 to stand trial. A tribunal found him guilty of war crimes. He was executed on June 1, 1946.

  6. May 23, 2018 · World Encyclopedia. Ion Antonescu [1] (yôn äntônĕs´kōō), 1882–1946, Romanian marshal and dictator. He served in World War I [2] and later became chief of staff, but he fell into disfavor with King Carol II [3] because of his pro-Nazi attitude and his suspected intrigues with the Iron Guard [4].

  7. Ion Antonescu was a Romanian military officer and marshal who presided over two successive wartime dictatorships as Prime Minister and Conducător during most of World War II. Having been responsible for facilitating the Holocaust in Romania, he was tried for war crimes and executed in 1946.

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