 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Pana 12 June, Hitler akazivisa kuna Antonescu zvirongwa zvake zvokupinda muSoviet Union. Antonescu akamuvimbisa kubatanidzwa kwakakwana mune zveupfumi uye zvechiuto. Vanhu vaitsigira zvakasimba pfungwa yacho, sezvo yaionekwa somukana wokubvisa tyisidziro yeRussia kamwe chete zvachose. Maawa mashomanene pamberi pokupinda kwakatanga, Antonescu naMichael I vakazivisa hondo tsvene nokuda kwokusunungurwa kweBessarabia neNorthern Bukovina. Kupinda kwakatanga musi wa22 Chikumi, asi mabasa emauto eRomania akatanga musi wa2 Chikunguru. Mushure mekurwa kwakati wandei, matunhu ese ari maviri akabatanidzwazve muhurumende yeRomania musi wa25 Chikunguru. Musangano pakati paHitler naAntonescu musi wa6 Nyamavhuvhu wakasarudza kuti nzvimbo iri pakati peDniester neSouthern Bug nzizi Transnistria yaizoiswa pasi pehutongi hwehurumende yeRomania. Uyezve, mauto eRomania aizotora nzvimbo iri pakati peSouthern Bug neRwizi rweDnieper uye mamwe mashomanana aizoyambuka Dnieper ndokuenderera mberi nekupinda. Musi wa19 Nyamavhuvhu, Transnistria Governorate yakavambwa, iyo yakanga isina kubatanidzwa zviri pamutemo kuRomania kusiyana neBessarabia neNorthern Bukovina. Mauto akawanda eRomania akapinda mukurwisa kweGermany kumaodzanyemba kweRussia neCaucasus. Kukundwa paHondo yeStalingrad kwakapwisa Antonescu kuti kukunda kweGermany kwakanga kusingabviri, uye akatanga kudzivirira kumabvazuva kweRomania, kunyange zvazvo akaramba achitsigira Germany nemauto nezvinhu. 