<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-1939, ngemva kokuhluleka kwemizamo yokwakha umfelandawonye wezempi neBrithani neFrance ngokumelene neJalimane, iSoviet Union yenza ushintsho olukhulu maqondana neJalimane lobuNazi. Cishe ngemva konyaka iBrithani neFrance zenze iSivumelwano SaseMunich neJalimane, iSoviet Union nayo yenza izivumelwano neJalimane, kokubili ezempi nezomnotho phakathi nezingxoxo ezinde. La mazwe amabili aphothula iSivumelwano SaseMolotov-Ribbentrop kanye neSivumelwano Sokuhwebelana SaseJalimane-Soviet ngo-August 1939. Eyokuqala yenza kwaba nokwenzeka ukuba iSoviet ithathe iLithuania, iLatvia, i-Estonia, iBessarabia, inyakatho yeBukovina, nempumalanga yePoland, kuyilapho amaSoviet ayehlala engathathi hlangothi ngokomthetho. Ekupheleni kukaNovemba, engakwazi ukuphoqa iRiphabhuliki yaseFinland ngezindlela zezombusazwe ukuba ibuyisele emuva imingcele yayo eLeningrad, uStalin wayala ukuba iFinland ihlasele  <response>: . futhi. Empumalanga, ibutho laseSoviet lanqoba ukunqoba okuningana okunqumayo ngesikhathi sokushayisana kwemingcele noMbuso WaseJapane ngo-1938 nango-1939. Nokho, ngo-April 1941, i-USSR yasayina iSivumelwano Sokusekela Ukungathathi Hlangothi SaseSoviet-Japanese neJapane, yaqaphela ubuqotho bezwe laseManchukuo, izwe elingumfaniswano laseJapane. 