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Romania in 1941

Historical records for Romania in 1941, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

5Records
5Events
1Named people
3Places
3Categories

Historical records

January

21 January 1941Legionary RebellionIon Antonescu

Bucharest · Government / Government of Romania

Antonescu defeats the Iron Guard rebellion and consolidates personal rule.

February

14 February 1941End of National Legionary StateIon Antonescu

Bucharest · Government / Government of Romania

Antonescu formally ends the National Legionary State.

June

22 June 1941Operation BarbarossaIon Antonescu

Bessarabia · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Joins Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union.

29 June 1941Iasi PogromIon Antonescu

Iasi · Politics / Holocaust in Romania

Romanian authorities perpetrate mass killing in Iasi.

June 1941Invasion of RussiaIon Antonescu

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Romanian forces join the invasion of Russia by Germany

Names involved

Ion Antonescu

Places involved

BessarabiaBucharestIasi

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.