Ion Antonescu was able to wrest power from the struggling parties. Now his cabinet was full of strong fascists. With his military power, and his fascist country, nothing at all could stop him. His advisors urged him to join the Axis. So, several days after the Imperial Empire of Japan joined the Axis, Romania did also.
The United States, appalled by what was going on, sent Lend Lease supplies to both the UK and Soviet Union.
By May 17, Alin was in combat. His entire mountain group had been sent to the south of Stalingrad, to fight along the Turkish border. Von Rundstend has total control of the entire front, and he was a genius. With coordinated assaults, and air superiority, they made quick work of the Russians there. None was left alive.
While up north, Emil was in Finland throughout out the summer, Emil helped take back territory in Finland from the Russians.
Then, all units were ordered to around Moscow. After about a month, every one was there. They resupplied, got new reinforcements in, and prepared to attack again. Their next objective, the Trans-Siberian railroad line. With this, they could fight across the Soviet Union, and maybe even meet up with Japan’s on-coming troops.
On June 28 Ion Antonescu was busy with German diplomats around him. They reminded him of technology they had given Romania, the glory they had given Romania, and how well Romanian troops did on the Russian front. But, Ion Antonescu saw right through it. He asked them to be up front, and tell him what they wanted from him, and the answer was simply “oil”. So, Dozens of tankers left Romania with oil, to be unloaded in Italy, and sent into Germany.
Emil and Alin were fighting for their lives to attack the new capital of the Soviet Union when news arrived on September 16. The war had ended! Neither knew what happened, but Stalin had secretly urged Hitler to take that territory, and let him keep what he had left. Finland took the rest of the peninsula, and Romanian troops had advanced so far, that they were beyond the border Stalin had worked out.
Then, they started the long march home. By November , Ion Antonescu was attending victory parades as new units came in almost daily from the front. Among them were veterans of Hungarian , Yugoslavian, Greece, Turkish , and now Russian wars.
But, they did not rest for long. Turkey and Persia joined the glorious Axis, and pressed the attack into Iraq, and French held Syria. While progress was good, 30 British divisions slowed down the fighting considerably. So, in May 17, troops finally arrived to a new war zone. This time, it was Beirut.
Alin was among the first troops to get there and was answered by a hail of gun fire from British rifles. As his troops stayed pinned more troops came in. Progress was slow, and the Romanians held the northern side of Beirut. Almost daily, sides would exchange the center, and troops would end up layered in buildings. With Romanians on the top floor, and British under them, and Romanians under them.
The fighting was brutal, and the Romanians were forced to retreat. Wavell had managed to hold the city, again. And yet again, the troops came home, but what was expected next for them, no one knew.
The United States, appalled by what was going on, sent Lend Lease supplies to both the UK and Soviet Union.
By May 17, Alin was in combat. His entire mountain group had been sent to the south of Stalingrad, to fight along the Turkish border. Von Rundstend has total control of the entire front, and he was a genius. With coordinated assaults, and air superiority, they made quick work of the Russians there. None was left alive.
While up north, Emil was in Finland throughout out the summer, Emil helped take back territory in Finland from the Russians.
Then, all units were ordered to around Moscow. After about a month, every one was there. They resupplied, got new reinforcements in, and prepared to attack again. Their next objective, the Trans-Siberian railroad line. With this, they could fight across the Soviet Union, and maybe even meet up with Japan’s on-coming troops.
On June 28 Ion Antonescu was busy with German diplomats around him. They reminded him of technology they had given Romania, the glory they had given Romania, and how well Romanian troops did on the Russian front. But, Ion Antonescu saw right through it. He asked them to be up front, and tell him what they wanted from him, and the answer was simply “oil”. So, Dozens of tankers left Romania with oil, to be unloaded in Italy, and sent into Germany.
Emil and Alin were fighting for their lives to attack the new capital of the Soviet Union when news arrived on September 16. The war had ended! Neither knew what happened, but Stalin had secretly urged Hitler to take that territory, and let him keep what he had left. Finland took the rest of the peninsula, and Romanian troops had advanced so far, that they were beyond the border Stalin had worked out.
Then, they started the long march home. By November , Ion Antonescu was attending victory parades as new units came in almost daily from the front. Among them were veterans of Hungarian , Yugoslavian, Greece, Turkish , and now Russian wars.
But, they did not rest for long. Turkey and Persia joined the glorious Axis, and pressed the attack into Iraq, and French held Syria. While progress was good, 30 British divisions slowed down the fighting considerably. So, in May 17, troops finally arrived to a new war zone. This time, it was Beirut.
Alin was among the first troops to get there and was answered by a hail of gun fire from British rifles. As his troops stayed pinned more troops came in. Progress was slow, and the Romanians held the northern side of Beirut. Almost daily, sides would exchange the center, and troops would end up layered in buildings. With Romanians on the top floor, and British under them, and Romanians under them.
The fighting was brutal, and the Romanians were forced to retreat. Wavell had managed to hold the city, again. And yet again, the troops came home, but what was expected next for them, no one knew.
