Second Vienna Award
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The Second Vienna Award was the second of two territorial disputes that were arbitrated by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. On 30 August 1940, they assigned the territory of Northern Transylvania, incl
Hungarian Foreign Minister István Csáky signing the agreement, with Romanian Foreign Minister Mihail Manoilescu next to him
Crowds throw flowers to welcome the Hungarian troops into Kézdivásárhely (Târgu Secuiesc)
Ethnic Hungarians give the Nazi salute while they welcome the Hungarian troops.
Romanian casemate occupied by Hungarian troops
Northern Transylvania
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Northern Transylvania was the region of the Kingdom of Romania that during World War II, as a consequence of the August 1940 territorial agreement known as the Second Vienna Award, became part of the
Second Vienna Award
…was the second of two territorial disputes that were arbitrated by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. On 30 August 1940, they assigned the territory of Northern Transylvania, including all of Maramureș and part of Crișana, from the Kingdom of Romania to the Kingdom of Hungary. After World War I, the multiethnic Kingdom of…
Demonstration in Bucharest's Palace Square celebrating Northern Transylvania's return, 14 March 1945
Hungarian troops marching in Zalău (Zilah) on 8 September 1940