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