Military occupation
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Military occupation, also called belligerent occupation or simply occupation, is temporary hostile control exerted by a ruling power's military apparatus over a sovereign territory that is outside the
American tanks at the Victory Arch in the city of Baghdad during the occupation of Iraq, 2003
British Indian troops of the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles in the city of Kure during the Allied occupation of Japan, 1946
German troops at the Champs-Élysées in the city of Paris during the Prussian occupation of France, 1871
Lebanese protesters of the Cedar Revolution during the Syrian occupation of Lebanon, 2005
Annexation
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Annexation, in international law, is the forcible acquisition and assertion of legal title over one state's territory by another state, usually following military occupation of the territory. In curre
Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel, passed by the Knesset on 30 July 1980
Tourists in Crimea with the Russian flag flying after annexation by Russia (14 June 2015)
Civilians and coalition military forces wave Kuwaiti and Saudi Arabian flags as they celebrate the reversal of the annexation of Kuwait by Iraq (28 February 1991)
Communist Party of Vietnam billboard marking the 30th anniversary of the reunification of the country in 1975