Diary January 21, 1941

01-1941, War Diary, Year 1941 / 1 minute of reading

General Jona Antonescu became in 1940 Prime Minister of Romania and forced King Carol II to abdicate in favor of his son Michael. In 1933 Carol had defeated the fascist ‘Iron Guard’ under Codreanu and ruled absolutist since this time. The territorial losses to Russia and Hungary are plunged Romania into a political crisis in 1940, from which Antonescu emerged as sole ruler.

Diary for Tuesday, January 21, 1941:

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Rumania: Ultra-fascist Iron Guard attempts to overthrow Rumanian military dictator, General Antonescu, and conducts simultaneous pogrom against the Jews (approx. 1,000 killed); many are butchered in Bucharest animal slaughterhouse. Rising finally crushed January 24 and ringleader (Sima) flees to Germany.

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.

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