Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Nguva pfupi hondo yeSoviet neGermany isati yatanga, kuchinja kukuru kwenzvimbo kwakaitika munyika dzemadzinza okuWestern Ukraine. Muna March 1939 Carpatho-Ukraine yakazivisa rusununguko rwayo kubva kuCzechoslovakia asi yakakurumidza kubatwa neHumambo hweHungary. East Galicia neWestern Volyn dzakapinzwa neUSSR kubva kuPoland muna October 1939, ipapo Soviet Union
yakabatanidza Northern Bukovina neBessarabia kubva kuHumambo hweRomania muna Chikunguru 1940, nekuda kweMolotov-Ribbentrop Chibvumirano.