Annexation
Annexation (Latin: ad "to" and nexus "joining") is the one-sided forceful takeover, such as military occupation, of one state's territory by another.[1]
Annexation Media
Morocco officially annexed Western Sahara in 1976
Tourists in Crimea with the Russian flag flying after annexation by Russia (14 June 2015)
Indonesia annexed East Timor in 1976
Civilians and coalition military forces wave Kuwaiti and Saudi Arabian flags as they celebrate the reversal of the annexation of Kuwait by Iraq (28 February 1991)
Portuguese India in 1961
The strategic importance of Sikkim was realized in the 1960s during the Sino-Indian War. Map in Polish.
Western New Guinea officially became part of Indonesia in 1969
Related pages
- Anschluss (World War II, Austria merged to Nazi Germany)
- Republic of Texas annexed to United States
- Colonization
References
- ↑ Hofmann, Rainer 2013. "Annexation". Annexation. Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law. Oxford University Press.