This is a book about the fate of the peoples of Moldova. It explores the policy of Romania in the occupied territories of the USSR and the popular struggle against the invaders. The ideological prerequisites for Romania's participation in the aggression against Russia and the USSR, the genocide of Jews and Gypsies, the political, legal and socio-economic situation of Moldovans, Russians and Ukrainians, Gagauz and Bulgarians, the use of the church by official Bucharest as an instrument of occupation policy, the predatory Operation 1111 and the implementation of scorched earth events in Moldova are considered. The participation of the national communities of the republic in the underground-patriotic and partisan struggle, in unarmed resistance to the invaders, in battles as part of the Red Army indicates that the Great War of 1941-1945. was patriotic and for the population of Moldova. The monograph is addressed to historians and everyone who wants to know the history of the Fatherland.