Romanian Policy Towards Germany, 1936-40

Download or read book Romanian Policy Towards Germany, 1936-40 written by R. Haynes and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-20 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new book, based on archival research, contests the assumptions that Romania remained pro-Western in the late 1930s and only joined the Axis as a result of Western negligence and German pressure. Instead, Germany was drawn by Romanian politicians into political and economic cooperation with Bucharest. In the event, this proved Romania's undoing. Let down by her German protector, she was forced to cede territory to the Soviet Union, Hungary and Bulgaria. Subsequently, Romania was allowed into the alliance she sought with Germany.