::Actually the occupation stopped when civil administration was established (that would be sometimes not after Aug 2, 1940). And, technically, after Barbarossa began, the Allies considered the 1940 agreement valid, so considered Bessarabia part of the Soviet Union under Axis occupation (those who didn't before, cause US and SU never recognized the territorial changes of 1918). Anyway, I don't think that article will ever be near NPOV (see latest edits), that's why I never touched it.