Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muchibvumirano chakavanzika chakabatanidzwa ku1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Chibvumirano chinotsanangura kugoverwa kwenzvimbo dzekufurira muEastern Europe, Nazi Germany yakazivisa kuti yakanga isina zvido zvematongerwo enyika muBessarabia, mukupindura kufarira kweSoviet Union, nokudaro ichiendesa Bessarabia kuSoviet "sphere". Musi waJune 26, 1940, hurumende yeSoviet yakapa gurukota reRomania muMoscow chikumbiro, ichiti Romania ibvise Bessarabia neNorthern Bukovina nokukurumidza. Italy neGermany, izvo zvaida Romania yakatsiga uye kuwana minda yayo yamafuta, zvakakurudzira Mambo Carol II kuita saizvozvo. Pana June 28, mauto eSoviet akayambuka Dniester uye
Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina, uye nharaunda yeHertza.