<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Ngo - September 1, 1939, iJalimane LamaNazi lahlasela iPoland futhi laqala iMpi Yezwe II. Ngo - September 17, 1939, i - USSR, ngokuvumelana nemithetho eyimfihlo ye - Molotov - Ribbentrop Pact, yahlasela iPoland isuka empumalanga. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa, iSoviet Union yaqala umkhankaso  <response>: impi neFinland. Ngenxa yalempi, iFinland yaphoqeleka ukuba inikele ngendawo, kuhlanganise nezingxenye zeSifundazwe saseViipuri, eSoviet Union eMvumelwaneni Yokuthula YaseMoscow ekuqaleni kuka-1940. IFinland yalahlekelwa umngcele wayo wemvelo ngasemfuleni iRajajoki eningizimu. Ama-22,973 km2, noma amaphesenti angama-71.5 esifundazweni esiseKarelian Isthmus, kufaka phakathi amadolobha aseViipuri naseSortavala, aba yingxenye yeKarelo-Finnish SSR esanda kusungulwa eSoviet Union. Ngemva kwesivumelwano sokuthula, bonke abantu ababehlala ezindaweni ezazinikezwe, abantu abangaphezu kwezinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amane, basuswa bayiswa enkabeni yeFinland. 