Guys. GUYS.
Drop 34 and Drop 4587 mention "11.4".
In the same DOD law of war manual which talks about the end of occupation under 11.3, look at what 11.4 says:
"11.4 LEGAL POSITION OF THE OCCUPYING POWER Military occupation of enemy territory involves a complicated, trilateral set of legal relations between the Occupying Power, the temporarily ousted sovereign authority, and the inhabitants of occupied territory.92 The fact of occupation gives the Occupying Power the right to govern enemy territory temporarily, but does not transfer sovereignty over occupied territory to the Occupying Power."
Oh man. I just got the tingles. Something still just feels off about this whole situation.
11.6 also gave assurance to the protection of the population.
Civil war was never the right route (DS loves that scenario)