<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1939, pashure pokunge kuedza kuumba mubatanidzwa wehondo neBritain neFrance mukurwisana neGermany kwakundikana, Soviet Union yakaita chinjo inoshamisa kuGermany yeNazi. Rinodokusvika gore pashure pokunge Britain neFrance vapedza Chibvumirano cheMunich neGermany, Soviet Union yakaitawo zvibvumirano neGermany, zvose zviri zviviri zvechiuto nezvoupfumi mukati mokukurukurirana kukuru. Nyika mbiri idzi dzakapedzisa Chibvumirano cheMolotov-Ribbentrop neGerman-Soviet Commercial Agreement muna August 1939. Yokutanga yakaita kuti Soviet itore Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Bessarabia, kuchamhembe kweBukovina, uye kumabvazuva kwePoland, nepo maSoviet akaramba asina kwaakarerekera. Pakupera kwaNovember, asingakwanisi kumanikidza Republic of Finland nenzira dzokudyidzana nedzimwe nyika kuti idzorere muganhu wayo kubva kuLeningrad, Stalin akarayira kuti Finland ipindwe  <response>: . Kumabvazuva, mauto eSoviet akawana kukunda kwakati wandei panguva yekurwisana kwemuganhu neHumambo hweJapan muna 1938 na1939. Zvisinei, muna April 1941, USSR yakasaina Chibvumirano Chokusatora Rutivi cheSoviet neJapan, chichigamuchira kutendeseka kwenharaunda yeManchukuo, nyika yechiJapan. 