Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Pipiri 26, 1940, i tukuna e te kawanatanga o Soviet he ultimatum ki te minita Romanian i Moscow, e tono ana ki a Romania kia tuku wawe a Bessarabia me Northern Bukovina. Ko Itari me Tiamana, e hiahia ana ki te Romania pumau me te uru atu ki ona mara hinu i akiaki i a Kingi Carol II ki te whakaae. I raro i te pehanga, me te kore tumanako ki te awhina mai i Parani, i Ingarangi ranei, i tukuna e Romania aua rohe. I te 28 o Hune, ka whiti nga hoia Soviet i te Dniester me
i nohoia a Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina, me te rohe o Hertza. Nga rohe i reira nga Iukereiniana iwi ko te roopu iwi nui rawa atu (nga waahanga o Northern Bukovina me nga waahanga o Hotin, Cetatea Albă, me Izmail), me etahi rohe tata me te nuinga Romanian, penei i te rohe o Hertza, i whakauruhia ki te Ukrainian SSR. Ko te whakawhitinga o te Moana Pango o Bessarabia me te Danube ki Ukraine i whakarite i tana mana e tetahi kawanatanga Soviet pumau.