Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A watan Agusta na 1939, an sanya hannu kan Yarjejeniyar Molotov-Ribbentrop da takaddar ƙarin ɓoyayyen sa, wanda Nazi Jamus ta amince da Bessarabia a cikin yankin tasirin Soviet, wanda ya sa na biyun ya sake farfado da ikirarinsa a yankin. A ranar 28 ga Yuni, 1940, Tarayyar Soviet ta ba da sanarwar
ultimatum ga Romania da ke neman rabuwa da Bessarabia da Arewacin Bukovina, wanda Romania ta bi a rana mai zuwa. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, an kafa Jamhuriyar Socialist ta Soviet ta Moldavia (Moldavian SSR, MSSR), wanda ya ƙunshi kusan 65% na Bessarabia, da 50% na Moldavian ASSR da aka rushe yanzu (yanzu Transnistria). 'Yan asalin Jamusawa sun bar ƙasar a shekara ta 1940.