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Ion Antonescu (/ ˌ æ n t ə ˈ n ɛ s k uː /; Romanian: [i'on antoˈnesku] ⓘ; 14 June [O.S. 2 June] 1882 – 1 June 1946) was a Romanian military officer and marshal who presided over two successive wartime dictatorships as Prime Minister and Conducător during most of World War II.
Ion Antonescu (n. 14 iunie 1882, Pitești, România – d. 1 iunie 1946, Jilava, Ilfov, România) a fost un ofițer de carieră ( mareșal) și om de stat român, șeful Biroului Operațiilor din Marele Cartier General [9] al Armatei în Primul Război Mondial, atașat militar la Londra și Paris, comandant al Școlii Superioare de Război, șef al Marelui Stat Ma...
Jun 11, 2024 · Ion Antonescu was a Romanian marshal and statesman who became dictator of the pro-German government during World War II. After World War I, Antonescu served as military attaché in Paris and in London and, in 1934, as chief of the Romanian general staff. Named minister of defense in 1937, he.
Feb 1, 2009 · Marshal Ion Antonescu is, perhaps, the most controversial figure in modern Romanian history. That country's leader from 1940 to 1944, he was executed, at the end of the war, for ordering Romania's participation in the German invasion of the Soviet Union, and for crimes against humanity.
Quick Reference. (b. 14 June 1882, d. 1 June 1946). Romanian dictator 1940–4 Born in Pitesti, he became a professional soldier and served as a colonel in World War I. After the war he continued to advance in rank. In 1933 he became army Chief of Staff. He was Minister of Defence, 1937–8.
Ion Antonescu was a Romanian military officer and marshal who presided over two successive wartime dictatorships as Prime Minister and Conducător during most of World War II. Having been responsible for facilitating the Holocaust in Romania, he was tried for war crimes and executed in 1946.
May 23, 2018 · Antonescu, Ion (1882–1946) Romanian general and fascist dictator. In 1938 he was imprisoned by King Carol II for leading an unsuccessful fascist coup. In September 1940, in the face of German aggression, Carol appointed Antonescu premier.
Trial of Ion Antonescu. Ion Antonescu governed Romania from 1940 until 1944. Antonescu aligned Romania with the Axis powers in November 1940, and became one of Nazi Germany's closest allies. Romania joined in the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.
was a war criminal who sent tens of thousands of Jews to their death in Transnistria, and yet he refused to send other Romanian Jews to the death camps in Poland. He was a definite anti-Semite and yet ... more Jews survived under his rule than in any other country within Axis Europe ....
Ion Antonescu was directly involved in his regime’s major repressive acts against the Jews. Unlike in Hitler’s case, there is a wealth of documentary evidence proving this direct involvement.
