Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na November 1939, Soviet Union wakporo Finland, na-akpata nnukwu mfu na ntinye nke nkwekọrịta udo nwa oge na March 1940 nke nyere Soviet Union mpaghara ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Karelia (10% nke ókèala Finnish). N'etiti ọnwa June 1940, mgbe ndị mba ụwa lekwasịrị anya na mwakpo ndị Germany na France, ndị agha Soviet NKVD wakporo ókèala na Lithuania, Estonia na Latvia ma jiri ndị ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na-akwado Soviet dochie gọọmentị ọ bụla, bụ ndị rịọrọ ịbanye maka mba ha na Soviet Union. N'ọnwa June, ndị Soviet nyere Romania akwụkwọ ozi nke ikpeazụ, na-ekwu ka ha nye ha Bessarabia, Bukovina, na ógbè Hertza. Mgbe ndị Soviet kwekọrịtara na Germany na ha ga-amachi ihe ha na-ekwu na Bukovina ruo n'ebe ugwu Bukovina, Germany gbara Romania ume ịnakwere akwụkwọ ikpeazụ ahụ. Ụbọchị abụọ mgbe Soviet sonyeere, Romania nabatara ihe ndị Soviet chọrọ, ndị Soviet na-achọkwa ka e nye ha ikike.
Soviet Union weghaara ókèala ahụ.