<prompt> Ngo-November 1939, iSoviet Union yahlasela iFinland  <response>: , okwaholela ekulahlekelweni okukhulu kanye nokungena kwesivumelwano sokuthula sesikhashana ngoMashi 1940 esinikeze iSoviet Union isifunda esisempumalanga yeKarelia i-10 yensimu yaseFinland. Maphakathi no-June 1940, ngenkathi ukunakwa kwamazwe omhlaba kugxile ekuhlaselweni kweFrance yiJalimane, amasosha e-NKVD aseSoviet ahlasela izindawo zemingcele eLithuania, e-Estonia naseLatvia futhi asusa uhulumeni ngamunye ngezombangazwe ezazisekela iSoviet, ezabe sezicela ukungena emazweni abo eSoviet Union. Ngo-June, amaSoviet akhipha isimemezelo sokugcina esifuna iBessarabia, iBukovina, nesifunda saseHertza eRomania. Ngemva kokuba abaseSoviet bevumelene neJalimane ukuthi bazokhawulela izimangalo zabo eBukovina enyakatho yeBukovina, iJalimane yanxusa iRomania ukuba yamukele isiphetho. Ezinsukwini ezimbili ngemva kokungena kweSoviet, iRomania yavumelana nezimfuno zeSoviet, futhi iSoviet Union yathatha leyondawo. 