Romania in World War II facts for kids

During World War II, Romania started on Britain's side. Romania then signed a pact with Adolf Hitler and Germany and joined the German sides. They became allies with Germany.

Images for kids

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  Ethnic map of Greater Romania according to the 1930 Romanian census. Sizeable ethnic minorities put Romania at odds with Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union throughout the interwar period.

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  Antonescu and Adolf Hitler at the Führerbau in Munich (June 1941).

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  Romania annexed Transnistria, the area between the Dniester and Southern Bug, in July 1941 (1941 Romanian census).

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  American B-24 Liberator flying over a burning oil refinery at Ploiești, as part of Operation Tidal Wave on 1 August 1943. Due to its role as a major supplier of oil to the Axis, Romania was a prime target of Allied strategic bombing in 1943 and 1944.

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  Sephardic Temple in Bucharest after it was plundered and set on fire in 1941

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  King Michael I of Romania led the coup that put Romania on the Allied side.

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  Nicolae Ceaușescu and others welcome the Red Army as it enters Bucharest on 30 August 1944

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  Romanian operations against the Axis

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  Romanian soldiers in Transylvania, September–October 1944

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  Map of Romania after World War II indicating lost territories.

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  A Romanian TACAM T-60 during the National Day parade, 10 May 1943.

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  The Mareșal tank destroyer (prototype M-05), the best-known Romanian-built armored vehicle of the war, was in service with the M Battalion of the 2nd Armored Regiment from May to October 1944

See also

In Spanish: Rumania durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial para niños