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The Second Vienna Award reassigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.
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Second Vienna Award
1940 territorial settlement between the kingdoms of Romania and Hungary
The Second Vienna Award was the second of two territorial disputes that were arbitrated by Nazi Germany and the Kingdom of Italy. On 30 August 1940, they assigned the territory of Northern Transylvania, including all of Maramureș and part of Crișana, from the Kingdom of Romania…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Northern Transylvania
Region of Romania that became part of Hungary in 1940; returned to Romania in 1944
Northern Transylvania was the region of the Kingdom of Romania that during World War II, as a consequence of the August 1940 territorial agreement known as the Second Vienna Award, became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. With an area of 43,104 km2 (16,643 sq mi), the population…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Romania
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Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast. It has a mainly…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)