Hitler's Forgotten Ally: Ion Antonescu and His Regime, Romania, 1940-1944

This book is the first complete study in English of Antonescu's part in the Second World War. Ion Antonescu was Romania's ruler from September 1940 to August 1944 and a major ally of Hitler. Romania fielded the third largest Axis army of the war, joined the Tripartite Pact in November 1940 as a sovereign state, participated in the attack on the Soviet Union of 22 June 1941 as an equal partner of Germany, and was never occupied by the Wehrmacht.

Acknowledgements - Abbreviations of Primary Sources - Introduction - The Prelude to Antonescu's War - Antonescu's Path to Power - Antonescu and the National Legionary State - Military Dictatorship and War - Antonescu and the Jews - Antonescu and the Holocaust - Deportation - Transnistria: The Fate of the Jews and Romas - Suspension of Deportation, Repatriation and Emigration of Jews - The Coup of 23 August 1944 - The Trial of Ion Antonescu - Conclusion - Annex - Notes - Bibliography - Index

Dennis Deletant
Hardcover 392 Pages 2006