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by bad_user 4202 days ago
The only reason for why Romania joined the Axis, is because of the Molotov–Ribbentrop pact [1] between Hitler and Stalin from 1939, which amongst other things, for us it meant yielding control of Basarabia and Bucovina to the soviet union. This provided the perfect opportunity for the Romanian parliament to be dissolved and for a military dictatorship to seize power in Romania, which is the one responsible for joining the Axis.

But yeah, thanks for bringing that up - goes to show that what goes around comes around ;-)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pac...