Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Guta racho rakaramba riri pasi pokutonga kweRomania kusvikira musi wa28 June 1940, apo pamwe chete neBessarabia neNorthern Bukovina rakanga rava
rakapambwa neSoviet Union. Muna August 1940, maSoviet akasika Chernivtsi Oblast, uye akabatanidza nzvimbo yakapoteredza Khotyn kwairi, iyo yakava chikamu cheUkraine Soviet Socialist Republic, kwete yeMoldova Soviet Socialist Republic, seimwe Bessarabia. Mushure meOperation Barbarossa, uko Romania yakaita seshamwari yeGermany, nzvimbo yacho yakadzorerwa neRomania kutanga kwaJuly 1941. Muna Kurume 1944, nekukundwa kwemauto eAxis, guta rakatorwazve nemaSoviet, uye rakabatanidzwa kuSoviet Ukraine.