Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutevera kubatwa kweSoviet kweEastern Poland, yeBaltic nyika uye yeBessarabia neNorthern Bukovina
Muna 1939 na1940, Stalin akasimbirira pakutora nzvimbo dzose dzakanga dzichangobva kuitwa Soviet; kufamba uku kwakananga kumadokero kwakaita kuti mauto ave kure nenzvimbo dzaainge akachengetera zvinhu, munzvimbo dzakakwirira dzaiita kuti asatya kukombwa. Sezvo kunetsana kwakakwira muchirimo cha1941, Stalin akaedza nomwoyo wose kuti asaita kuti Hitler aite chimwe chinhu chaigona kushandiswa neBerlin sechikonzero chokurwiswa neGermany; Stalin akaramba kubvumira mauto kuti arambe akagadzirira <unk> kunyange zvazvo mauto eGermany akanga aungana pamiganhu uye ndege dzeGermany dzokuongorora dzakanga dzichibhururuka pamusoro pezvivako. Kuramba kuita chiito chakakodzera uku kwakabetsera mukuparadzwa kwezvikamu zvikuru zveRed Air Force, zvakagadzirirwa panhandare dzayo dzendege, mumazuva okutanga ehondo yeGerman neSoviet.