Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - MunaAugust 1939, Chibvumirano cheMolotov-Ribbentrop nechibvumirano chayo chakavanzika chakawedzerwa chakasainwa, icho Nazi Germany yakaziva Bessarabia seiri mukati menzvimbo yeSoviet yesimba, izvo zvakatungamira iyo yekupedzisira kuti itangezve kuda kwayo mudunhu iri. Musi waJune 28, 1940, Soviet Union yakapa chiziviso kuRomania
kukumbira kubviswa kweBessarabia neNorthern Bukovina, uko Romania yakateerera 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.