 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 16 June 1940, Latvia neEstonia zvakagamuchirawo magumo. Mauto Matsvuku akatora nyika mbiri dzeBaltic dzakanga dzasara nguva pfupi pashure pacho. VaSoviet vakatumira Andrey Vyshinsky kuti aongorore kutora Latvia uye Andrey Zhdanov kuti aongorore kutora Estonia. Pana 18 na 21 June 1940, hurumende itsva dzepopular front dzakaumbwa munyika imwe neimwe yeBaltic, dzakaumbwa nemaCommunist nevamwe vaifamba navo. Dzichitariswa neSoviet, hurumende itsva dzakaronga kuti pave nesarudzo dzisina kururama dzeungano dzevanhu itsva. Vhoti dzakapihwa runyorwa rumwe chete, uye hapana masangano anopikisa akabvumidzwa kunyorera uye kuti vawane kuvhota kunodiwa kusvika pa99.6 yemavhoti vakanyengerwa. Mwedzi mumwe gare gare, magungano matsva akasangana, nechinhu chavo bedzi chebhizimisi chiri chisarudzo chokubatana neSoviet Union. Muchiitiko chimwe nechimwe, zvisarudzo zvacho zvakapfuudzwa nokushevedzera. Dare Rapamusoro reSoviet Union rakagamuchira zvakakodzera zvikumbiro zvacho muna August, nokudaro richibvumira zviri pamutemo kutora kwacho. Lithuania yakabatanidzwa muSoviet Union musi wa3 August, Latvia musi wa5 August, uye Estonia musi wa6 August 1940. Vatungamiri vakadzingwa veEstonia Konstantin Päts neLatvia Kārlis Ulmanis vakasungwa ndokuendeswa kuUSSR uye vakazofira munharaunda yeTver neCentral Asia zvichiteerana. Muna June 1941, hurumende itsva dzeSoviet dzakaita kuti vavengi vevanhu vaendeswe kunyika dzakawanda. Kunofungidzirwa kuti Estonia yoga yakarasikirwa navanhu 60 000. Somuuyo, vaBalts vazhinji pakutanga vakakwazisa vaGermany savasununguri apo ivo vakapindapashure pevhiki. 