Ion Antonescu la Hitler

Gica Manole looks at Ion Antonescu’s ties with Adolf Hitler. He covers the years 1940–1944. He studies their talks and Antonescu’s letters and formal notes. His focus is Romania’s needs in trade, wealth, state affairs and war.

This history is for readers who want to learn about Romania’s wartime leaders. A key topic is the Vienna Award of 30 August 1940. Germany and Italy forced Romania to give up its northwest. That land went to Hungary. Manole shows how Antonescu fought this loss in talks with Hitler.

Manole takes a firm view in praise of Antonescu’s acts. He says Antonescu stood up for Romania’s rights. In his view, no other leader of the modern Romanian state showed such resolve.