In Bucharest, the capital of Romania, King Carol II of Romania summoned Military Minister Ion Antonescu and General Pierre Dumitescu and others to secretly conduct an important discussion in his palace.
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The atmosphere was oppressive and heavy. In the silence, several senior Romanian figures gathered here unanimously turned their attention to Prime Minister Antonescu, who was holding his hand.
Yes, they looked at Minister Antonescu, not King Carol II.
The reason why such a strange situation occurred was not because Antonescu was arbitrary and unreasonable in his efforts to eclipse the power of the king.
On the contrary, this situation where the minister's prestige exceeds that of the king is actually a coincidence of your own will.
Let’s talk about Military Minister Antonescu first. This man studied military theory in a French military school in his early years. He served in the Romanian army as a mid-level officer in World War I. After World War I, he followed Romania
The king's troops went to suppress the old enemy country Hungary.
Such an outstanding military general was actually highly regarded by the Romanian royal family.
So, why did Antonescu, who was highly regarded, blatantly dare to overtake King Carol II of Romania?
This has to bring up the strange King of Romania, Carol II.
As a famous romantic king in European history who "does not love country but loves beauty", he is even more infamous than Edward VIII of England. This guy, Carol II, did not care about the good king of Romania, and actually gave up the throne twice for love.
Run and elope.
Carol's first elopement took place during World War I.
Prince Carol, who was still serving in the army at the time, fell in love with a civilian woman named Zizi Rambolina. Although he knew that according to the Romanian national constitution, a prince marrying a civilian would be deprived of the rights of heir to the throne, but he
Still no hesitation at all.
In the end, he became a deserter and eloped abroad with the woman named Zizi Lambolina, fled to Russia, and got married secretly in Odessa.
Giving up the throne for a lover is the most ridiculous thing in any country.
But what's even more ridiculous is that Carol was forcibly sent back to the country, and then the Romanian court ruled that his marriage to Rampolina was invalid, and ruled that their son Mercia was an illegitimate child, forcibly restoring Carol's right to inherit the throne.
That's not all. The Romanian royal family also came up with a "good idea". They introduced the well-matched Greek Princess Helen to Carol to get married, helping him forget his previous lover.
But what the Romanian royal family didn't expect was that Carol quickly forgot about Lampolina, but not long after, he also forgot about Helen, who had just given birth to his son, and at the same time fell in love with the Jewish servant.
of Elena.
In an era of widespread anti-Semitism in Europe, Carol had no choice but to give up her right to inherit the throne again and elope with her lover Elena.
This time, he went to Paris.
After Carol eloped, King Ferdinand of Romania at the time was speechless and had no choice but to designate Carol and Helen's son Michael as the heir to the throne and legislate to abolish Carol's right to the throne.
Then, after Ferdinand died in 1927, Michael, who was only 6 years old, became king and was regent by his uncle Nicholas, Romanian Orthodox Bishop Christie and Romanian Supreme Court Justice Buzdugen.
Then, the struggle between the parties in the Romanian Parliament became increasingly fierce, and the regent had no influence at all. Romania became increasingly unstable and faced a serious economic crisis. It was against this background that some politicians suddenly
I remembered Carroll curiously, thinking that his return might be able to calm down the strife between various parties and political forces.
As a result, the Romanian Parliament quickly abolished the ban prohibiting Carol from becoming the heir to the throne and brought Carol back from abroad.
The really weird thing is here! Carol, who was brought back to the country, officially inherited the throne from her son Michael and became Carol II.
A father inheriting the throne from his son is really awesome.
Therefore, how could a person like Carol, who was neither suitable nor willing to be king, manage the country well? It was Minister Antonescu who really established his prestige.
At this moment, Antonescu was standing next to King Carol II with his hands behind his back and an extremely ugly face.
At this time, the unreliable king can no longer be counted on. The only one who can lead Romania out of the crisis is Antonescu!
As the real hope of everyone in Romania, he must find a way out for his motherland, a direction worthy of future efforts!
"We all know about the Soviet note." Antonescu raised his head, looked around, and said in his powerful voice: "Not only do they want to take away our Bessarabia, they also want us to hand it over.
North Bukovina. From every aspect, this behavior of the Soviets is no different from robbery."
"They have already used this trick in Finland..." Antonescu's voice spoke deeply to everyone's heart: "Finland! A country with a population of only three million.
The small Nordic country was able to fight back under the threat of the Soviet Union, defend its freedom with war, defend its independence with blood, and safeguard its glory with sacrifice..."
"And we in Romania, with a population more than five times that of Finland, why can't we bravely rise up and resist?" Antonescu narrowed his eyes slightly and reminded everyone present: "Besides, Finland had many choices at the beginning. But we today.
...No choice!"
Before last year's Soviet-Finnish War, the Soviet Union proposed to Finland a request for territorial adjustment. That is, it asked Finland to move the border between Finland and Finland in the Karelian Isthmus 40 kilometers north, and to move several islands in the Gulf of Finland and Rybachi.
The Finnish territory on the peninsula was ceded to the Soviet Union; the Hanko Peninsula was leased to the Soviet Union at a cost of 8 million Finnish marks per year for 30 years.
In order to compensate for Finland's territorial losses, the Soviet Union was also willing to hand over to Finland twice the land in the northwest of Lake Onega that was ceded by Finland.
Although the territory that the Soviet Union compensated was all barren land, what it asked for was the best areas of Finland. However, this was a transaction after all, and it was polite on the surface.
But when it comes to Romania, it is pure territorial occupation. There is no compensation for the land, and there is no rent for the lease...
How can Romania's leaders dare to agree to such bandit demands that are humiliating and humiliating the country?
They had no choice because the other party didn't give any options at all!