<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Ngo-1939, ngemva kokuhluleka kwemizamo yokwakha umfelandawonye wezempi neBrithani neFrance ngokumelene neJalimane, iSoviet Union yashintsha ngokuphawulekayo yaya eJalimane 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 ukuphoqelela iRiphabhuliki yaseFinland ngezindlela zezombusazwe ukuba ibuyisele emuva umngcele wayo usuka eLeningrad, uStalin wayala iRiphabhuliki yaseFinland ukuba ibuyisele emuva umngcele wayo usuka eLeningrad.  <response>: ukuhlasela kweFinland. 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. 