Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin yarjejeniyar sirri da aka haɗe da yarjejeniyar Molotov <unk> Ribbentrop na 1939 wanda ke bayyana rarraba yankunan tasiri a Gabashin Turai, Nazi Jamus ta bayyana cewa ba ta da wata sha'awar siyasa a Bessarabia, a matsayin martani ga nuna sha'awar Tarayyar Soviet, ta haka ne ta tura Bessarabia zuwa "yanayin" Soviet. A ranar 26 ga Yuni, 1940, gwamnatin Soviet ta ba da umarni ga ministan Romania a Moscow, tana buƙatar Romania ta ba da Bessarabia da Arewacin Bukovina nan da nan. Italiya da Jamus, waɗanda ke buƙatar Romania mai zaman kanta da samun damar zuwa filayen mai, sun bukaci Sarki Carol II ya yi haka. A ranar 28 ga Yuni, sojojin Soviet sun haye Dniester da
Bessarabia, Arewacin Bukovina, da yankin Hertza da aka mamaye.