<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwwA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: Under the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov–Ribbentrop_Pact" id="mwwQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact">Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" id="mwwg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> presents an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_occupation_of_Bessarabia_and_Northern_Bukovina#Soviet_ultimatum" id="mwww" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina">ultimatum</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Romania" id="mwxA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kingdom of Romania">Romania</a> requiring it to cede <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessarabia" id="mwxQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bessarabia">Bessarabia</a> and the northern part of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukovina" id="mwxg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bukovina">Bukovina</a>.