 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokurambidzwa kweCommunist Party Gottwald akatamira kuSoviet Union muna November 1938. Ari ikoko, akapikisa mutemo webato wokutsigira chibvumirano cheMolotov-Ribbentrop cha1939. Pashure pokurwisa Soviet Unionmuna June 1941, vatungamiriri veSoviet vakaona hondo yokurwisa chiFascist somukana mukuru wokuzvisimbisa muCzechoslovakia, vachisimudzira kufarira kutsigira Gottwald pashure pokusunungurwa kweCzechoslovakia. Muna 1943 Gottwald akabvumirana nevamiriri vehurumende yeCzechoslovak-in-exile iri muLondon, pamwe neMutungamiri Edvard Beneš, kuti vabatanidze kurwisa kwepamba nekune dzimwe nyika uye kuumba National Front. Ikoku kwakabvumikisa kuva kunobetsera nokuda kwaGottwald sezvo kwakabetsera kusimbisa pesvedzero yechiKomonisiti muCzechoslovakia yapashure pehondo. 