Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna August 1939, Chibvumirano cheMolotov-Ribbentrop nechibvumirano chayo chakavanzika chokuwedzera chakasainwa, icho Nazi Germany yakabvuma Bessarabia seiri mukati menzvimbo yeSoviet yesimba, iyo yakatungamirira vokupedzisira kuti vamutsidzirezve kudai kwavo munharaunda yacho. Pana 28 June 1940, Soviet Union yakabudisa
ultimatum kuRomania ichikumbira kubviswa kweBessarabia neNorthern Bukovina, uko Romania yakaita zuva rakatevera racho. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (Moldavian SSR, MSSR) yakatangwa, ichibatanidza inenge 65% yeBessarabia, uye 50% yeMoldova ASSR (yava kunzi Transnistria). VaGerman vorudzi rwavo vakabva muna 1940.