Romania in a France Does Not Fall Scenario

If France does not fall, will Romania join the war on Nazi Germany's side? Will they stay neutral or join the allies? What would happen post-war?
 
They would be unlikely to join the Nazis despite the presence of the Iron Guard. Historically, they had close political and cultural ties with France. Bucuresti saw itself as the Paris of the east and even boasts its own Arc de Triomphe. They would either remain neutral or join the Allies depending on how well the war is going. Of course they were hammered by the Central Powers in the Great war and forced out of the war early - before re-entering later in 1918 - and so that negative memory might mitigate their desire to jump in on the side of the Allies. There would probably not be a Diktat of Vienna. Stalin might still try it on with Bessarabia, but I doubt it if the Allies remain strong. No need then for Carol II to abdicate. Post-war depends entirely on the course of the war. Probably continues as a semi-constitutional monarchy with democratic elections.
 
The answer I came to in A Blunted Sickle was that the Soviets still got involved, but the Germans were occupied while the Italians had never entered the war. That leads to the Italians helping keep Soviet influence limited (IIRC the Romanians still lose Bessarabia but keep Northern Bukovina - can't be bothered to look it up) and Romania otherwise being in a fairly decent position compared to OTL.
 
They would be unlikely to join the Nazis despite the presence of the Iron Guard. Historically, they had close political and cultural ties with France. Bucuresti saw itself as the Paris of the east and even boasts its own Arc de Triomphe.

I once saw a tom Stoppard play where the Romanian artist Tristan Tzara is talking to a British diplomat and says "ah Bucharest the Paris of the balkans" the British man responds "strange place to put it".
 
I once saw a tom Stoppard play where the Romanian artist Tristan Tzara is talking to a British diplomat and says "ah Bucharest the Paris of the balkans" the British man responds "strange place to put it".
:) Very witty. Prince Yakimov in Olivia Manning's Balkan Trilogy called Athens the Edinburgh of the South on a dreary rainy day. In my Postgrad days in California, I knew a chap who rather scathingly called Tel Aviv the Teheran of the Mediterranean. He'd spent time at the archives there.
 
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