Years before the Second World War came to an end, the British and the Americans concerned themselves with preparing and outlining procedures for the prospective occupation of the Axis nation. However, this occupation eventually took on a very different form than initially envisaged. Historical research has so far analysed this experience in terms of highlighting denazification, re-education, democratisation and reconstruction processes. By contrast, the transition period between war and peace has been neglected until very recently. We need to know more about the negotiation processes between the British Military Government and emerging German administrations, for example with regard to the establishment of a democratic voting system or the handling of former Nazis and their (re-)integration into the German post-war society. The workshop aims at shedding light on the preparation, local implementation and aftermath of the occupation which was as much a story of the war as it was part of the immediate post-war period and is, in light of similar problems elsewhere, of more general political significance.