In June of 1941, after a brief period of nominal neutrality under King Carol in World War II, Romania joined the Axis Powers. Romania became a member of the Axis under the government of Ion Antonescu. In August of 1944, a coup led by King Michael deposed the Antonescu dictatorship and put Romania on the side of the Allies for the remainder of the war. Despite this association with the winning side, "Greater Romania" was not to survive, with territory lost to both Bulgaria and to the Soviet Union following the end of the war.