Editing Iron Guard (section)

===Fighting for power===
The Iron Guard were founded in 1927 by [[Corneliu Zelea Codreanu]]. They quickly became mainstream, as the Great Depression caused many Romanians to lose their jobs, and the Iron Guard were able to convince them that the Jews were to blame, and that the elite who dominated Romania had ruined the country. The Iron Guard was banned in January 1931, and then again by the next government in 1933. After a period of brutal beating, [[Torture|torture]] and outright [[Murder|murder]] inflicted on their members by the government, the Iron Guard retaliated by assassinating Prime Minister [[Ion Duca]]. 

After King [[Carol II of Romania|Carol II]] dissolved the government and established a dictatorship, Codreanu advised the Iron Guard to accept the regime, but was still arrested on the orders of [[Armand Călinescu]], leaving in charge Horia Sima, who initiated a series of terrorist activity. In retaliation, Codreanu was murdered by his guards in prison, resulting in the Iron Guard taking revenge by killing Călinescu. Following a leadership struggle, Sima accrued power due to backing from the German [[SS]] and [[Gottlob Berger]].