Think 11.3 and 11.4 relate to the Law of War (DoD document). This has been discussed on previous Q Threads.
11.3 END OF OCCUPATION AND DURATION OF GC OBLIGATIONS
The status of belligerent occupation ends when the conditions for its application are no
longer met. Certain GC obligations with respect to occupied territory continue for the duration
of the occupation after the general close of military operations. (page 808)
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. (page 811)
then the drops they were first in don’t make sense.