Nici o lacrima ion antonescu biography

Biography of Ion Antonescu

Ion Antonescu () was a Romanian statesman and military leader, serving as the military dictator ("Conducător") of Romania from to He was born on June 2, , in Pitesti. Antonescu began his career as the Chief of the Romanian General Staff in , and later became the Minister of Defense in In September , he assumed dictatorial powers in Romania.

Antonescu signed the protocol of Romania's accession to the Axis Powers and led the country into war against the Soviet Union in June , on the side of Nazi Germany. However, on August 23, , he was arrested as a war criminal following an anti-fascist uprising. He was sentenced to death by the People's Tribunal on June 1, , and executed.

Ion Antonescu came from a military and landowning family. He received his education at a military school and college in France. He participated in suppressing the peasants' uprising i Ion antonescu referat!