Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - Na Tuscany, Helen chọtara ezigbo nkwụsi ike, n'agbanyeghị na nwa ya nwoke anọghị ya n'ihe ka ukwuu n'afọ. Otú ọ dị, ntiwapụ nke Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ ghasasịrị ndụ ya kwa ụbọchị ọzọ. N'ikwekọ na Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, Soviet Union manyere Romania inyefe ha Bessarabia na Northern Bukovina
na June 26, 1940, na izu ole na ole mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, a manyere mba ahụ ịhapụ Northern Transylvania na Hungary (Nkwụghachi ụgwọ Vienna nke abụọ, 30 August 1940) na Southern Dobruja na Bulgaria (Nkwekọrịta nke Craiova, 7 Septemba 1940); Mfu ala ndị a kwụsịrị Greater Romania, nke e kere na njedebe nke Agha Worldwa Mbụ. Enweghị ike ịnọgide na-enwe iguzosi ike n'ezi ihe nke obodo ya na nrụgide sitere na Iron Guard, otu ndị fascist nke Nazi Germany kwadoro, Carol II ghọrọ onye na-enweghị mmasị na n'ikpeazụ a manyere ya ịhapụ ọchịchị na 6 Septemba 1940. Nwa ya nwoke Michael, dị afọ 18, ghọrọ eze mgbe General Ion Antonescu guzobere ọchịchị aka ike site na nkwado nke ndị otu Iron Guard.