Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ba a amfani da kalmar gaba ɗaya a wajen tsohuwar Tarayyar Soviet, kuma kalmar da ta fi kusa ita ce " Gabashin Gabas na Yaƙin Duniya na II " (1941-1945). Babu wani lokaci da ya shafi farkon yakin duniya na biyu a Gabashin Turai, lokacin da USSR, har yanzu a cikin yarjejeniyar da ba a kai hari ba tare da Jamus, ya mamaye gabashin Poland (1939), da Baltic States (1940),
Bessarabia da Arewacin Bukovina (1940) da Finland (1939-1940).