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Giving the Germans ‘hope for the future’ was one of Montgomery’s favourite phrases. Restrictive measures to prevent future aggression need to be complemented by positive reconstructive measures so that the occupied can see their own efforts are rewarded.As Field-Marshal Montgomery said in a message to his troops on Victory in Europe (VE) Day,, ‘We have won the German war.

British experiences in post- war Germany, 1945-1949, highlight some general principles which are relevant today: what happens after the war is won can be more important than the war itself.

British and American occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan have shown that ‘regime change’ and victory in war do not necessarily lead to the establishment of stable and prosperous democracies, as was the case in the Allied occupations of West Germany and Japan after the Second World War.