 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muchirevo ichi, mutungamiri weRomania akabvuma kuti Germany yakanga ichikundwa muhondo, uye naizvozvo akabvumira Mutevedzeri wake weChipiri uye Gurukota rezvekunze idzva Mihai Antonescu kutanga kuonana neVashandi. Pakuvamba muna 1943, Antonescu akabvumira vamiriri vake kuti vataure namamiriri eBritain neAmerica muPortugal neSwitzerland kuti vaone kana kwakanga kuchibvira kuti Romania isayine chibvumirano chokumisa hondo nemasimba okuMadokero. Vamiriri veRomania vakaudzwa kuti hapana armistice yaibvira kutozosvikira armistice yakasainwa neSoviet Union, mamiriro akarambwa naAntonescu. Panguva imwecheteyo, akabvumira PNȚ nePNL kuita hurukuro dzakafanana neAllies munzvimbo dzakasiyana siyana munyika dzisina kwazvakarerekera. Kukurukurirana kwacho kwakatambudzwa nekurudziro yeVamiririri veWestern yekunyorera pasina mvumo, iyo nhume dzeRomania dzakataurirana nevamiriri veMubatanidzwa muSweden neEjipitori pakati pavo vamiriri veSoviet Nikolai Vasilevich Novikov naAlexandra Kollontai. Antonescu akanetsekanawo nomukana wehondo iri kuitwa munharaunda yeRomania, sezvakanga zvaitika muItaly pashure peOperation Avalanche. Zviitiko zvacho zvakakonzerawo nhaurirano dzine utsinye dzakanangana nekuparadza Antonescu, uye kubatanidza mapato maviri ezvematongerwo enyika, mambo wechidiki, vamiriri uye varwi. Kurwisana kukuru pakati paMichael naAntonescu kwakaitika mukati memazuva okutanga a1943, apo mambo ane makore 21 okukura akashandisa kutaura kwake kweGore Idzva paredhiyo yenyika kuti aparadzane nechiedza chehondo cheAxis. 