 Kunyika yeRomania, kutanga kweHondo Yenyika II kwakaona kupararira kwemitemo inorwisana nevaJudha, kuchiteverwa muna 1940 nokusimuka kwemutsara wakaoma Ion Gigurtu. Sezvakashumwa naSebastian, nhau dzokukwira kwake dzakarova shamwari dzake dzemamirioni Blank naA. L. Zissu, avo vakanga vatya uye vachipenga, asi avo vakanga vachiri kumunetsa nekurukurirano dzisina maturo. Kuchinja kwakadaro kwakateverwa muna September nokudzingwa kwaCarol, uye pashure nokugadzwa kweNational Legionary State inotungamirirwa neIron Guard. Hurumende itsva iyi yakavharira zvinhu zvose zvaBlank muRomania muna October 1940, uye yakagadza sangano rinokosha kuti riongororezve nyaya yeBMB. Mutumbi uyu wakatangazve basa mushure mekudzingwa kweIron Guard mukutanga kwa1941, uye wakaratidza kuti Blank aive nechikwereti kuhurumende yeRomania mamirioni mazana matanhatu. Achishamwaridzana nemutori wenhau wekuruboshwe Tudor Teodorescu-Braniște muna Kubvumbi 1941, Blank akataura chivimbo chekuti Germany yaizorasikirwa muhondo yayo neYugoslavia. Vose vari vaviri iye nomuridzi wake vakazvibvisa pachavo muna June, apo Blank akaparadzirawo runyerekupe pamusoro pekupinda kweRomania mukupinda munharaunda yeSoviet. Akanga achine fekitari yaigadzira mapepa, iyo yakarayirwa kuti igadzirire kugoverwa muBessarabia. Maererano naSebastian, Blank akataura mukupera kwa1941 kuti hondo yaizongotora mamwe makore maviri chete, asi akabva azvidzwa nekushayikwa kwekukomba kweBritain muLibya. 