Sentence examples for occupation when it was from inspiring English sources

After the Roman occupation, when it was a town of considerable importance, Tarbes was seized for a time by the Arabs.

Sacred as it is to Poles, Pilsudski Square suffered blasphemy during the German occupation when it was renamed Adolf-Hitler-Platz.

Better for America to employ a targeted counter-terrorism operation when needed than impose an endless occupation when it is not.

Most of the city remained under German occupation until 20 October 1944, when it was liberated by the Red Army and the Communist Yugoslav Partisans.

Unfortunately, South Korea's chequered history has taken a significant toll on the environment (especially during the Japanese occupation in world war two, when it was heavily logged and mined), but the country is currently involved in an extensive reforestation programme.

The 7th Infantry Division remained on occupation duty in Korea patrolling the 38th parallel until 1948, when it was reassigned to occupation duty in Japan, in charge of northern Honshū and all of Hokkaido.

These cafes and assortment of clubs hosted folk artists when it was a penniless occupation.

Hwang Sok-Yong was born in Manchuria in 1943, when it was under Japanese occupation, fought in the Vietnam war, and began publishing in the 1970s.

He presented Mr Schäuble with a list of requests, ranging from debt forgiveness of the kind extended to post-war Germany to recognition of war debts claimed by Greece when it was under Nazi occupation.

She died in New Orleans in March 1864, when it was under Union occupation.

In 1895, 4 December was declared "Shangani Day", an annual Rhodesian public holiday which endured until 1920, when it was folded into Occupation Day, a national non-work day which commemorated several early colonial events together.