American occupation
Military presence abroad
American occupation refers to the military and administrative control of foreign territory by the United States following armed conflict.
The term most commonly denotes the post–World War II occupations of Japan and Germany, though it applies to other instances: The American occupation of Iraq lasted nearly nine years.
The phrase can also mean simply a job or profession held by an American.
- troop deploymentStationing soldiers operationally
- boots on the groundMilitary presence in area
- puppet governmentsRegimes controlled by outsiders
- diplomatic pressureNonviolent governmental coercion
- regime changeReplacement of governing power
military bases · martial law · hearts and minds · dollar diplomacy · protectorates · post-war reconstruction · mission creep · exit strategy · colonial administration · peacekeeping missions · resource extraction · international treaties · economic sanctions · educational exchanges · political advisors · demilitarized zones · export controls · geopolitical strategy
- occupied Germanymilitary government, US Army, denazification, Berlin Airlift, war crimes trials
- Colonial KoreaJapanese rule, colonial rule, independence movement, comfort women, August 1945
- Korean PeninsulaKorean War, Pyongyang, South Korea, Korean Peninsula, armistice agreement
- CordilleraCordillera Central, rice terraces, flower festival, pine trees, cool climate
- HesseFrankfurt, Wiesbaden, Marburg, Offenbach, Limburg
American occupationnational sovereignty
State's ultimate governing power
independence · self-rule · self-determination · liberation · autonomy
American occupationtroop withdrawal
Removal of armed forces
disengagement · pullout · demilitarization · drawdown · demobilization
American occupationSoviet occupation
Moscow-controlled territorial dominion
British occupation · German occupation · Japanese occupation · Nazi occupation · French occupation
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