Also in June 1940, France capitulated to Nazi Germany. Later that summer, the pro-France Romanian government ceded Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova and Northern Transylvania to Hungary under the Second Vienna Award. These events led to General Ion Antonescu coming to power as "Conducător" of Romania and President of the Council of Ministers in September 1940. After forcing King Carol II to abdicate, Antonescu used Decree Law No. 3,094 of 9 September 1940 to remove from the army Atanasescu and several other generals considered to be close to Carol II and accused of behaving inappropriately as high military commanders during the dramatic circumstances of the summer of 1940. The decree-law provided for the removal of several generals from the active ranks of the army with the following justification: