Cruciada împotriva comunismului was named in reference to which Axis invasion of the Soviet Union?
Cruciada împotriva comunismului The Cruciada împotriva comunismului ("Crusade Against Communism", in reference to Operation Barbarossa) was a Romanian World War II medal, instituted on April 1, 1942 by the Royal Decree No. 1014, of King Michael I of Romania. It was commissioned to recognise the distinguished service of Romanian and other Axis Powers military and civilian personnel operating on both the Eastern and Home fronts ("see Romania during World War II").
Scînteia Scînteia ("The Spark"; the initial spelling of the name in Romanian was "Scânteia" until the change of the orthography in 1953, as it would have been again, the orthography having officially reverted in 1993) was the name of two newspapers edited by Communist groups at different intervals in Romanian history. The title was a borrowing from the Russian "Iskra".