In this episode, we turn the clock back to the interwar period and the personal tragedy that shook a nation. While earlier episodes covered King Carol I’s modernization and the later abdication of Michael I, we focus on his grandson, King Carol II, whose reign ended in disaster. We explore his controversial marriage to Magda Lupescu, the political maneuvering that led to his forced abdication in September 1940, and the immediate power vacuum filled by Ion Antonescu and Prince Michael. This conversation examines how Carol’s erratic leadership and alienation of both the traditional right and the rising fascist Iron Guard contributed to Romania’s loss of territory and sovereignty on the eve of World War II.
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