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This article presents a list of military occupations. Only military occupations since the customary laws of belligerent military occupation were first clarified and supplemented by the Hague Convention of 1907[1] are included In this article.
Military occupation is the effective military control by a power, including individual states or supranational organizations such as the United Nations, of a territory outside that power's sovereign territory.[2]
Territory | Since | Occupied state/territory | Occupying state | Declared state/territory | Status | |
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East Jerusalem[3][4][5][6] | 1967 | Palestinian territories;![]() |
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Occupation by a foreign power with annexation[11][12][b] | |
West Bank[13] | ![]() |
Occupation by a foreign power,[14][c] with de facto partial annexation in the West Bank[11] | ||||
Gaza Strip[d] | — | |||||
Golan Heights[18][19][20] | ![]() |
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Occupation by a foreign power with annexation[11][12][e] Recognized by only the United States as part of Israel.[21] | |||
Northern Cyprus[22] | 1974 | ![]() |
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Occupation by an armed group under the influence of a foreign power[11][23][f] | |
Majority of the Western Sahara[24] | 1975 | ![]() |
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Occupation by a foreign power with annexation[11][12][g] | |
Transnistria | 1992 | ![]() |
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Occupation by an armed group under the influence of a foreign power[h] | |
Majority of Nagorno-Karabakh | ![]() |
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Occupation by an armed group under the influence of a foreign power[i] | ||
Sofulu, Barxudarlı, Yukhari Askipara and Karki[25] | ![]() |
Occupation by a foreign power | ||||
Artsvashen[26] | ![]() |
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Occupation by a foreign power | ||
Abkhazia | 2008 | ![]() |
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Occupation by an armed group under the influence of a foreign power[11][j] | |
South Ossetia | ![]() | |||||
Crimea[27][28] | 2014 | ![]() |
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Occupation by a foreign power with annexation[11] | ||
Significant parts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts | 2014[l]
2022[m] |
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Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia Oblasts:
Mykolaiv Oblast:
Kharkiv Oblast:
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Al-Tanf[35] | 2015 | ![]() |
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Occupation by an armed group under the influence of a foreign power[35][t] | |
Northern parts of the Aleppo Governorate[36][37] | 2016 | ![]() |
Occupation by an armed group under the influence of a foreign power[u] | |||
Afrin Region[38] | 2018 | Occupation by an armed group under the influence of a foreign power.[38][v] |
Events before the Hague Convention of 1907 are out of scope.
Occupied territory | Years | Occupied state | Occupying state | Event | Part of war(s) | Subsequently annexed? |
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Korea | 1910–1945 | ![]() |
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Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910 | Aftermath of Russo-Japanese War | Yes |
Libya | 1911–1912 | ![]() |
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Invasion of Libya | Italo-Turkish War | Yes |
Albania | 1912–1913[39] | ![]() |
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Occupation of Albania | Balkan Wars | No |
Nicaragua | 1912–1933 | ![]() |
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Occupation of Nicaragua | Banana Wars | No |
Veracruz | 1914 | ![]() |
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Occupation of Veracruz | Mexican Revolution | No |
Occupied territory | Years | Occupied state | Occupying state | Event | Part of war(s) | Subsequently annexed? |
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Transcaucasia | 1920 | ![]() |
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Invasion of Azerbaijan | Russian Civil War | Yes |
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Invasion of Georgia | Yes | |||
Ruhr | 1923–1924 | ![]() |
Occupation of the Ruhr | Aftermath of World War I | No | |
Manchuria / Manchukuo | 1931–1945 | ![]() |
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Invasion of Manchuria | Second Sino-Japanese War | No |
Xinjiang | 1934 | ![]() |
Invasion of Xinjiang | Kumul Rebellion | No | |
Ethiopia | 1935–1941 | ![]() |
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Invasion of Ethiopia | Second Italo-Ethiopian War | Yes |
Occupied territory | Years | Occupied state | Occupying state | Event | Part of war(s) | Subsequently annexed? |
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Junagadh | 1947–1948 | ![]() |
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Annexation of Junagadh | — | Yes |
West Bank[a] | 1948–1967[45] | Post-Mandate Palestine | ![]() |
Jordanian annexation of the West Bank | 1948 Arab–Israeli War | Yes |
Gaza Strip[a] | 1948–1956 1957–1967[af] |
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Occupation of the Gaza Strip by Egypt | No | ||
Hyderabad | 1948 | ![]() |
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Annexation of Hyderabad | — | Yes |
Sikkim | 1949[46]–1950 | ![]() |
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Intervention in Sikkim | No | |
Tibet | 1949–1951 | ![]() |
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Annexation of Tibet | Yes | |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 1954–1974 | ![]() |
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Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli | — | Yes |
Suez Canal Zone | 1956 | ![]() |
Suez Crisis | Arab–Israeli conflict | No | |
Sinai | 1956–1957 | ![]() |
No | |||
Gaza Strip | ![]() |
No | ||||
Hungary | 1956 | ![]() |
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Hungarian Uprising | Hungarian Revolution of 1956 | No |
Laos | 1959–1975 | ![]() |
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Invasion of Laos | Laotian Civil War | No |
Occupied territory | Years | Occupied state | Occupying state | Event | Part of war(s) | Subsequently annexed? |
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2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | Russo-Ukrainian War | No[am] | |
Parts of Mykolaiv Oblast[an]
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