 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokukundwa kweRebellion yeLegionnairesmuna Ndira 1941, akagadzwa kuve mukuru we3rd Infantry Division, iyo yaakatora chikamu pamwe nemauto eGerman muKukombwa kweOdessa mukudonha kwa1941. Akakwidziridzwa kuva mukuru mukuru muna January 1942 uye ipapo kuva mukuru mukuru muna January 1944. Musi wa 20 Ndira 1942 akagadzwa kuve Chief weRomanian General Staff, chinzvimbo chaakatora kusvika kudonha kwehutongi hwaIon Antonescu musi wa 23 Nyamavhuvhu 1944, semhedzisiro yeMambo Michaels Coup. Musi iwoyo, Șteflea akaiswa kwenguva pfupi mukutungamira kwe4th Army 2331 Nyamavhuvhu 1944. 