army of occupation
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The end of the Civil War left an army of occupation in the South.
From Slate • Feb. 10, 2018
President Jimmy Carter championed human rights, but his Administration had been reluctant to open America’s doors to Cambodians fleeing starvation and fighting between Vietnam’s army of occupation and the guerrillas of the Khmer Rouge.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 9, 2015
After the war, I stayed in the army of occupation for about six months and then I went back to the US and ended up as a clinical psychologist.
From The Guardian • Jun. 6, 2015
Neither in numbers nor character do the 5,000 U.S. troops resemble an army of occupation.
From Time Magazine Archive
The mantelpiece and all other receptacles having an army of occupation, vases and bowls were mobilising on the floor.
From Lord John in New York by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
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