Cika wannan jumlar: A shekara ta 1940, a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, Romania ta amince da
Ƙarshen ƙarshe kuma ya ba da Moldova ga Tarayyar Soviet, wanda ya tsara shi a cikin Moldavian SSR. A tsakiyar 1941, Romania ta haɗu da Hitler Axis a cikin mamayewar Tarayyar Soviet, ta dawo da Bessarabia da arewacin Bukovina, tare da mamaye yankin da ke gabashin Dniester wanda ya kira "Transnistria". A ƙarshen Yaƙin Duniya na II, Tarayyar Soviet ta sake dawo da duk yankunan da aka rasa, ta sake kafa ikon Soviet a can. Soviets sun inganta asalin kabilanci na Moldovan sosai, akasin sauran ra'ayoyin da suka kalli duk masu magana da yaren Romaniya a matsayin ɓangare na ƙabilanci guda ɗaya, suna cin gajiyar rashin cikakken haɗin Bessarabia a cikin Romaniya tsakanin yaƙe-yaƙe.