 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Petrovicescu akashatirisa Antonescu nekutsigira zviito zvepachena zvekutsiva kwechisimba, uye uku kudonha kwakawana kukosha pakupera kwa1940. Kunyanya, Conducător aifungidzira kuti Legionnaire yake yakange yakabatanidzwa mukuronga Jilava Massacre yaNovember 1940, panguva iyo hutongi hwezvematongerwe enyika hwakabatana nehutongi hwaCarol hwakaurayiwa. Musi waJanuary 19, 1941, mushure mekunge Major weNazi weGermany Döring aurayiwa zvisinganzwisisiki muBucharest, boka raSima rakanyatsobvunzurudza kuzvipira kwaAntonescu kuAxis allies yeRomania, uye Conducător akashandisa mukana wacho kubvisa Petrovicescu muhofisi yake yemakurukota. Tsananguro yapamutemo yechisarudzo chake yakanga iri yokuti Petrovicescu akanga asina kutora matanho akakodzera okudzivirira nharaunda yacho mukati memaawa mapfumbamwe okupfura kwaDöring. Zuva rakatevera racho, sezvo Antonescu akaratidzira kuregeredzwa kwake kweVachengeti, rutivi rukuru rwenyika rwakabatwa nokupandukira kwavaLegionnaires. Pakutanga kwemhirizhonga, nhengo inotungamira yeVarindi Viorel Trifa yakaburitsa manifesto iyo yakapa mhosva zvakananga kudzingwa kwemutungamiri akashinga uye akatendeseka pamusoro pekunzwira tsitsi kwaAntonescu kwe hurumende yeBritish yemasons, ichiperekedza zvirevo zvakadaro nemutauro wechiSemite. Dzimwe dzidziso dzakadaro dzakakurumbira neLegionnaires dzaiva dzokuti Antonescu akanga akakurudzira Demetrios Sarandos, muurayi wechiGiriki-weTurkey waDöring, kuti aite chiito chake, nokudaro achida kushora mano aPetrovicescu ezvematongerwe enyika. 