Why did Romania switch sides in WW2

Why did Romania switch sides?

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♦Sources :

Ciobanu, Mircea (1991), Convorbiri cu Mihai I al României, București: Editura Humanitas, ISBN 973-28-0242-1

Gould Lee, Arthur (1998), Coroana contra secera și ciocanul. Povestea regelui Mihai al României, ISBN 973-28-0829-2

Giurescu, Dinu C. (1999). România în al doilea război mondial. București: Editura ALL EDUCATIONAL. ISBN 973-684-036-0.

Constantiniu, Florin, O istorie sinceră a poporului român An Honest History of the Romanian People), Ed. Univers Enciclopedic, Bucureşti, 1997, ISBN 973-9243-07-X (in Romanian)

Silviu Brucan, The Wasted Generation: Memoirs of the Romanian Journey from Capitalism to Socialism and Back, Westview Press, 1993

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[mariovanderwal]

This comment section is a true mess. Young Romanians liking pro monarch comments, Romanian boomers liking anti-communism comments. Hungarians disliking Romanians. Romanians disliking Hungarians. Non Romanian or Hungarian people making Italy jokes. Italians getting mad at Italy jokes.
A true mess

[andreig]

I had the oportunity to meet a romanian veteran who fought at Stalingrad about 10 years ago. The poor soul still remembered in detail a lot of things about his battle and how his fellow soldiers were killed near him daily. He even still knew army songs and poems from the war. I was just a kid. That man sparked my interest in ww2 history and history in general. Was such a powerful story to hear and picture. God bless his brave soul

[TheVlpr]

the sad fate of being the small guy(s) in between great powers, Romania played this " I'm allied with one cuz the other is scarier" game for centuries, trying to survive

[AleksandarDinkov]

I feel sorry for Romania as just like my country (Bulgaria) they had to constantly switch sides to avoid worst case scenarios. I understand their pain as we were used as pawns by the bigger countries as well!

[Knowledgia]

*P.S : THE VIDEO GOT MONETIZED AFTER 1 DAY. But its start was slower because of this.*

[gramarazvan]

For the record, just imagine that the King Mihai was only 21 when doing that, i am 21 and i don't know where the fk is my charger

[robertpucovsky]

Very interesting how tables have turned. I didn't quite know how things played there for our fellow neighbors. Hello from Serbia!

[robiagacitei]

Romania was indeed more of a "major" nation during ww2. Being the 2rd largest army in the axis and supplying 60% of all of axis oil. Much love to Romania from France, and yes, it was larger and overall better equipped than italy. We all seen italy in ww2... Despite its good navy, The italian army wasnt as good as Romania. Much love to both nations from France.

[germanhess]

Greetings from Latin America to the Romanian people, in 7 years I will be living in Iasi after my retirement.

[MeLancer]

Being a buffer state between major powers is the pits. Considering their geography, maybe the Romanians have done rather well. Wishing the best to my friends in Romania.

[lyrannous]

You never mentioned the promises Britain made to Romania but betrayed them for Greece at the peace conference

[adevariubire]

Hungarian here. Born in Romania.

I love Hungarians.

And I love Romanians.

End of story.

[RealPeppaPigXD]

Germany: looks like we are losing
*Italy left the group*
*Romania left the group*

[davidtrusty]

Let‘s not forget Liechtenstein sending 80 men and returning with 81 cause they made a friend :)

[Armageddon]

Short answer: They thought they could pull off the same thing that Finland and Greece would go on to succeed in doing.

[adamarinescu]

Respect, Knowledgia!!! I find your description of those cloudy days, the most accurate. Thank you for taking the time to search and explain the ww2 faith of my beloved Romania.

[tjb]

Their geographic location has always created a situation where they must play the East vs. the West to survive.

[makita]

Short answer: 1.They were already betrayed by the Axis with the Ribentropp-Molotov pact and Second Vienna Award. 2. They were invaded by the Soviets. 3. Germany attacked first after Romania offered them an armistice.

[JFairhart]

The classic situation of damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

[mihaelazlate]

So many years of history and 20 years of tv talkshows about this subject and only now i inderstand everything from a 10 mins video…
Thats amazing!!!
Thank you.