In June, 1940, in accordance with the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, the Soviet Union demanded Bessarabia from Romania. Turkey promised to support Romania against Soviet aggression. Historically, Romania caved in, but what if it had not? King Carol, confident in the fortifications and the mountainous terrain defending the eastern border, and remembering the dismal performance of the Red Army in the Winter War, decides to fight. Turkey mobilises in support. Hitler, though bound by treaty obligation to comply with Russian demands, and with his army still deployed in the West, becomes anxious for the Romanian oil fields and the Turkish straits. What would happen subsequently?