Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 22 ga Yuni, 1941, Romania ta shiga cikin mamayewar Axis da Jamus ta jagoranta a cikin Tarayyar Soviet, da nufin dawo da yankuna na
Bessarabia da Arewacin Bukovina, wanda na biyun suka mamaye a watan Yunin 1940. Rashin reshen Chilia ya raba Kudancin Bessarabia daga Romania daidai, don haka iko da wannan hanyar ruwa ya kasance fifiko ga sojojin ruwa na Romania da na Soviet, wanda ya haifar da rikice-rikice na ruwa da yawa tsakanin su biyun.