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===Rise to power===
After Nazi Germany invaded Poland, King Carol was forced to abdicate after appointing Ion Antonescu as Prime Minister, later made Head of State by Carol's successor. As the Iron Guard supported Antonescu's fascist, ultranationalist ideology, Antonescu forged an alliance with them, forming the National Legionary State with the Iron Guard as the only legal party.

Once in power, the Iron Guard ratcheted up the anti-semetic legislation in the country and orchestrated a series of [[Pogrom|pogroms]] and political assassinations. They also assisted the Axis Powers during [[World War II]], committing many [[War crimes|war crimes]], and assisted in the [[Holocaust|extermination of the Jews]].