List of military occupations

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In most wars some territory is placed under the martial law of a hostile army. Most belligerent military occupations end with the cessation of hostilities. In some cases the occupied territory is returned and in others the land remains under the control of the occupying power but usually not as militarily occupied territory.

For purpose of selectivity, only military occupations since the customary laws of belligerent military occupation were first clarified and supplemented by the Hague Convention of 1907 Laws and Customs of War on Land (Hague IV); October 18, 1907 are included in this article.

Contents

[edit] Occupations by non-belligerents

[edit] Examples of UN mandated military occupations

For occupations mandated by the United Nations, see:

[edit] Examples of other foreign non-belligerent military occupations

[edit] Examples of belligerent military occupations

[edit] See also

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were annexed into USSR in 1940 and after the USSR's re-capture of the region in 1944/45 many other Allies accepted the annexation as de facto if not de jure.
  2. ^ Under the terms of two decrees by Hitler (October 8 and October 12, 1939), large areas of western Poland were annexed to Germany. Much of the rest of Poland was organized into the Generalgouvernement (General Government) of Poland, under German administration, while eastern Poland was annexed by the Soviet Union. The annexations were not recognized by any other State.
  3. ^ Jordan annexed the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 1950. The annexation of the West Bank was recognized only by the United Kingdom, which however did not recognize the annexation of East Jerusalem.
  4. ^ a b The Golan Heights and East Jerusalem have been de facto annexed by Israel. However, these annexations have not been recognised by the United Nations.
  5. ^ Congo, Democratic Republic of the CIA Factbook