Second Vienna Award

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The Second Vienna Award was a 1940 German- and Italian-arbitrated territorial decision that forced Romania to cede Northern Transylvania to Hungary during World War II.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II-era diplomatic agreement
international treaty
territorial arbitration
affectedPopulation ethnic Hungarians in Northern Transylvania
ethnic Romanians in Northern Transylvania
alsoKnownAs Second Vienna Award of 30 August 1940
annulledBy Paris Peace Treaties of 1947
arbitratedBy Kingdom of Italy
Nazi Germany
category 1940 in international relations
Romania–Hungary relations
Territorial changes of World War II
Treaties of Hungary
Treaties of Romania
cededRegion Northern Transylvania
consequence Romania’s political reorientation toward Nazi Germany
increased ethnic tensions in Transylvania
major territorial loss for Romania
territorial gain for Hungary
date 30 August 1940
historicalPeriod World War II
involvedCountry Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Romania
language German
Hungarian
Italian
Romanian
laterStatus declared null and void after World War II
legalCharacterization imposed arbitration
motivatedBy Axis strategic interest in securing Romania’s allegiance
Hungarian revisionism after the Treaty of Trianon
partOf Axis diplomatic pressure on Romania
place Vienna
predecessor First Vienna Award
relatedEvent Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina
Treaty of Trianon
Vienna Awards
restoredTerritoryTo Romania
result Romania ceded Northern Transylvania to Hungary
signedBy representatives of Germany
representatives of Hungary
representatives of Italy
representatives of Romania
subjectOf Romanian–Hungarian historical disputes
historiographical debates on Axis diplomacy
territoryCededBy Romania
territoryCededTo Hungary

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