Sentence examples for occupational force from inspiring English sources

A standing occupational force was needed in the provinces, and these troops grew steadily in proportion to the total military forces.

"Neither the Romans nor the Ottomans or any other occupational force ever took anything from this holy site," said Yannis Kontopidis, one of the high priests who officiated over the affair.

Water, sanitation, a cholera epidemic, housing for the displaced, an economy devastated by years of foreign trade policies that all but destroyed Haitian agriculture, and a foreign occupational force disguised as a United Nations humanitarian effort are on the "to do" list.

The national fixation on plastic surgery began in the aftermath of the Korean War, triggered by the offer made by the American occupational forces to provide free reconstructive surgery to maimed war victims.

He was a proud veteran of World War ll, serving in the famed Marine 5th Division, engaged in the Battle of Iwo Jima, and with the occupational forces in Japan.

Cinco de Mayo (The Fifth of May) is a Mexican celebration which commemorates the victory of Mexican forces led by General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguin over the French occupational forces of Mexico.

He also claims that Swedish occupational forces would have a huge support among local Latvian population.

The French occupational forces took control of the palace, and their commander, General Junot, made several alterations to the building.

Following the end of hostilities, the wing converted to P-51 Mustangs and was based in Japan as part of the Allied occupational forces; it disbanded there in November 1948.

It was completed by the German occupational forces during World War II, but not taken into use by the railway until 1945 because of the German military's use of the tunnel as an ammunition depot.

A fourth item assessed (4) whether the occupational forces had given participants a feeling of safety.