They overran Mosul, the country's second-largest city, before taking Tikrit and many other towns and villages at lightning speed, routing local armed forces.
In August 1940 Italian forces mounted a full-scale offensive and overran British Somaliland.
They overran Kikuyu guards in front of the church and then pulled out cans of gasoline.
Seizing upon the disintegration of the empire, the Marathas now began their northward expansion and overran Malwa, Gujarat, and Bundelkhand.
In April 1942, however, the Japanese overran Burma, seized Lashio, and thus closed the road at its source.
Two years later, Chris Chambliss had to fight off the hordes of fans that overran Yankee Stadium after he hit the game-winning home run, earning the Yankees the American League pennant.
In March and April Charles and Louis declared war, and in June French troops crossed the Rhine River and overran three provinces in as many weeks.
"When we moved in we thought it was massive, but we quickly filled it up and kind of overran it," Ms. Wolford said.
There were originally scheduled for this afternoon, but Monday evening's Lords debate overran, pushing todays scheduled agenda back to next Tuesday.
In the capital, pro-government forces tightened security, mindful that infiltrators played a critical role last year in rebel attacks that nearly overran Freetown.
