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
Williams speaks softly, venturing into black, Hispanic and Korean-American neighborhoods with words of conciliation in an effort to dispel the notion that his 7,600-member department is an army of occupation.
From Time Magazine Archive
They had been thrilled when Lieutenant Morton had been ordered there in the spring and Captain Morton had followed later with General Funston's army of occupation.
From Ethel Morton at Chautauqua by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)
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