Bukovina Governorate

The Bukovina Governorate (Romanian: Guvernământul Bucovinei) was an administrative unit of Romania during World War II.

[1][2] The earlier incorporation of another territory, Bessarabia, into Romania, strained relations between the country and the newly-formed Soviet Union (USSR).

Romania tried to defend and secure its new borders during the interwar period with the help of France and the United Kingdom (UK), but at the start of World War II, Romania was left defenseless and in a 1940 ultimatum, the Soviet Union demanded and occupied Bessarabia and also Northern Bukovina as "compensation" for the "great loss brought to the Bessarabian population".

This alliance would invade the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941,[1][2] although Romanian military operations only began on 2 July.

[5] Ion Antonescu, the Conducător ("Leader") of Romania, had convinced himself that Nazi Germany would win the war until the Battle of Stalingrad, which was a defeat for the Axis.