1940USSR Annexes Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina

The USSR annexes Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina.
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1940

🤝 Soviet Annexation of Eastern Poland

Soviet Union annexes the eastern parts of occupied Poland into the Ukrainian SSR and Byelorussian SSR.
Soviet Annexation of Eastern Poland (1939)
Soviet UnionAnnexationPolandWorld War IIEastern EuropeOccupationTerritorial ExpansionUkrainian SSRByelorussian SSRSoviet Invasion of Poland

🇷🇴 USSR Annexes Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina

USSR Annexes Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina (1940)
Soviet UnionAnnexationRomaniaTerritorial ExpansionEastern EuropeWorld War II

🇷🇺 Soviet Occupation of Bessarabia and Bukovina

The Red Army occupies Romanian Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina.
Soviet UnionRomaniaInvasionTerritorial AnnexationBessarabiaBukovinaEastern FrontWorld War IIExpansionismMolotov-Ribbentrop Pact

🇱🇹 USSR Formally Annexes Lithuania

The USSR formally annexes Lithuania.
USSR Formally Annexes Lithuania (1940)
Soviet UnionLithuaniaAnnexationBaltic StatesWorld War IIOccupation

🇱🇻 USSR Formally Annexes Latvia

The USSR formally annexes Latvia.
USSR Formally Annexes Latvia (1940)
Soviet UnionLatviaAnnexationBaltic StatesWorld War IIOccupation

🇪🇪 USSR Annexes Estonia

The USSR formally annexes Estonia.
USSR Annexes Estonia (1940)
Soviet UnionEstoniaAnnexationOccupationBaltic StatesEastern FrontWorld War IITerritorial Expansion