 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yepakati pehondo, chinangwa chikuru cheRomania chaive chekudzivirira miganhu mitsva yenyika ichipesana neSoviet Union neGerman, pamwe neyakavandudza Bulgaria neHungary. Vezvematongerwe enyika veRomania vakaona United Kingdom uye zvikurukuru France savadziviriri vorugare vakaita kuti ikoku kubvire. Nyika yacho yakatsigirawo kugadzwa kweLeague of Nations nemamwe masangano omunharaunda Balkan Pact neLittle Entente kuti arwise vavengi vayo. Zvisinei, Romania haina kutongokwanisa kuvandudza ukama hwayo neHungary neSoviet Union. Yokutanga yakasimbirira pakudzorerwa kweTransylvania, nepo yokupedzisira isina kutongobvuma kurasikirwa neBessarabia. Vatungamiriri veRomania vaivimba nokurwisana kwainzi kwaivapo pakati peNazi Germany neSoviet Union uko kwaichengeta mwero wesimba. Ndicho chikonzero nei chibvumirano chokusaita zvechisimbarakasainwa musi wa23 August 1939 pakati pezviviri zvakavashamisa, zvichikonzera kusagadzikana kukuru munyika. Mukuwedzera, pasi pemitemo yakavanzika yesungano yacho, Nazi Germany yakanga yatobvuma fariro yeSoviet muBessarabia. 