carol ii of romania declared the country as neutral when world war ii broke out in 1939, but included since the soviet union occupied bessarabia and northern bukovina an alliance with hitler's germany. this occurred after field marshal ion antonescu forced the authoritarian carol ii of romania to abdicate. antonescu appointed himself "conducator", romania's dictator, and signed at the november 23 of 1940 three-powers pact with nazi germany. hitler's germany was dependent on a continuous importation of fuel and crude oil from the romanian oil fields of ploesti. in 1940, yjr kingdom of hungary took over the legitimate domination in northern transylvania to the end of the world war ii.