Alianța polono-română în ajunul celui de-al Doilea Război Mondial. Evenimentele premergătoare și desfășurarea vizitei ministrului afacerilor străine Grigore Gafencu la Varșovia în martie 1939
Polish-Romanian Alliance on the Eve of World War II. Prior Events and the Course of the Visit of the Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Grigore Gafencu, to Warsaw in March 1939

Summary/Abstract: Romanian Foreign Minister Grigore Gafencu’s visit to Warsaw in March 1939 showed that both countries wanted to restore national cooperation. A far-reaching convergence of views on the international situation in Central and Eastern Europe became apparent at that time. Gafencu seemed to share Polish Foreign Minister Józef Beck’s views on the need for a Romanian-Hungarian agreement and the establishment of a bloc of states between the Baltic and the Mediterranean Seas. It could have been assumed that the envisaged Polish-Romanian alliance would have a significant impact on the further development of relations in this part of Europe. However, the occupation of the remainder of Czechoslovakia by the Third Reich on March 14, 1939, and the related mediation by Poland concerning the division of Transcarpathian Ruthenia between Hungary and Romania, not only turned out to be ineffective, but also led to far-reaching rifts between Warsaw and Bucharest. From then on, each ally would follow its own path until the outbreak of World War II.

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