Transnistria Governorate - Status With Respect To Romania Proper

Status With Respect To Romania Proper

Albeit not annexing the region outright, the Romanian Antonescu government organized the territory in the Guvernământul Transnistriei under Romanian governor, Gheorghe Alexianu.

The Nazi-allied Antonescu government hoped to annex the territory eventually, but developments on the Eastern Front precluded it.

Romanian opposition parties were against Romanian operations beyond Bessarabia and Bukovina. Two preeminent political figures of the day, Iuliu Maniu and Constantin Brătianu declared that "the Romanian people will never consent to the continuation of the struggle beyond our national borders."

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