 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokuvapo senyika dzakazvimirira kwamakore makumi maviri, nyika dzeBaltic dzakapambwa ndokubatanidzwa zvisiri pamutemo muna June 1940. Yakapiwa ruoko rusununguko neNazi Germany kuburikidza neGerman-Soviet Nonaggression Pactuye negwaro rayo rokuwedzera rakavanzika raAugust 1939, Soviet Union yakamanikidza nyika nhatu kugamuchira nzvimbo dzayo dzechiuto muna September 1939. Muchiitiko chokuramba, USSR yakaita chipingamupinyi chomuchadenga nechomugungwa ndokutyisidzira kurwisa pakarepo nemazana ezviuru zvamauto akaunganidzwa pamuganhu. Mauto akatora masangano ezvematongerwe enyika enyika idzodzi ndokuisa hurumende dzechidhori pashure pesarudzo dzakanyengedzwa muna June 1940. 