Military occupation

effective provisional control of a certain power over a territory

era after American Civil War (1865–1877)

former socialist state with limited recognition in Cambodia

thumb|The full extent of the empire of Alexander the Great, assembled in the 4th century BCE as he strove to conquer the lands of Asia and the Mediterranean Expansionism refers to states obtaining greater territory through military empire-building (e.g. imperialism) or colonialism. In the classical age of conquest moral justification for territorial expansion at the direct expense of another established polity was often as unapologetic as "because we can", treading on the philosophical grounds of "might makes right".

Allied occupation of Constantinople after WWI

military control by Greece of the area around Smyrna/İzmir (1919–1922)

thumb|The Triumph of Victory by Peter Paul Rubens (painted )

military occupation (1914–1919) of German Samoa (modern-day Independent State of Samoa) by the British Empire

territories around Nagorno-Karabakh that Armenia occupied during the First Nagorno-Karabakh war

County in the Kingdom of Serbia

Occupation of a Yemeni archipelago that led to a conflict between Yemen and the United Arab Emirates

1939 military conflict

former military government system established following the Six-Day War

Burmese invasions of Assam between 1817 and 1826.The most critical time of Assam history..