 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Romania yakanga ine kubatanidzwa kwayo kwekutanga muhondo mukupa kodzero dzekufamba kwenhengo dzehurumende yePoland, hupfumi hwayo, uye mauto mazhinji ePoland muna 1939. Mukati ma1940, yakatyisidzirwa nokupinda kweSoviet, Romania yakapa nzvimbo kuSoviet Union, Hungary, neBulgaria, uye pashure pokunge kuchinja kwezvematongerwe enyika mukati, Romania yakabatana neAxis. Gare gare, uto reRomania rakabatanidzwa navarume vanopfuura 600 000 mukupinda kweGermany muSoviet Union, nemauto aro achibatanidzwa mukubatwa kweOdessa, Sevastopol uye pakupedzisira achitambura kurasikirwa kusingadzoreki paStalingrad. Romania yaivewo sosi huru yemafuta yeNazi Germany kuburikidza neminda yemafuta yePloiești. 