<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: AmaSoviet aqhubeka efuna izingxenye ezisempumalanga yeFinland, kodwa uhulumeni waseFinland wenqaba. Umkhandlu  <response>: AmaSoviet ahlasela iFinland ngo-November 1939, kodwa naphezu kokuba mancane, amaFinland ayelokhu elwa neButho Lebandla LaseSoviet. Umbono womhlaba wonke wasekela iFinland, amaSoviet axoshwa eNhlanganweni Yezizwe. Enamahloni ngokwehluleka kwawo ukunqoba abaseFinland, amaSoviet asayina isivumelwano sokuthula sesikhashana, lapho athola khona izivumelwano zendawo ezivela eFinland. Ngo - June 1940, i - Red Army yahlasela amazwe aseBaltic, ahlanganiswa ngenkani neSoviet Union ngo - August; yahlasela futhi yanqoba iBessarabia nenyakatho yeBukovina, izingxenye zaseRomania. AmaSoviet afuna ukuvimbela ukuphikisana kulezi zindawo ezintsha zaseMpumalanga Yurophu ngokucindezela okukhulu. Esinye sezibonelo eziphawuleka kakhulu kwakuwukubulawa kwabantu abaningi eKatyn ngo-April nango-May 1940, lapho kwabulawa khona amalungu angu-22 000 amabutho ahlomile asePoland, amaphoyisa kanye nabantu abahlakaniphile. 