Who pressured King Michael into abdicating in December 1947?
Gheorghiu-Dej and Petru Groza
Ion Antonescu
Nikita Khrushchev
Nicolae Ceaușescu
Answer
Gheorghiu-Dej and Petru Groza pressured King Michael into abdicating in December 1947. The two men were the leaders of the Communist Party of Romania and the Romanian government, respectively. They had been working together to consolidate their power and remove the monarchy from power. In December, they forced Michael to abdicate and then declared Romania a socialist republic.
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