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Michael I of Romania
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1944
August
23
Key event
The coup in Romania
On 23 August 1944 King Michael I had Marshal Antonescu arrested. The new government stopped fighting the Allies; Germany lost Romanian oil and the Prut front.
October
25
The liberation of Romania
On 25 October 1944 Romanian and Red Army troops took Carei and Satu Mare. Northern Transylvania, ceded to Hungary in 1940, returned to Romanian hands.