conquest

Military subjugation of an enemy by force of arms

EntityQ1361229

Also known as capture · conquering · capturing · military conquest

Subclass of: military strategy
, military operation
, conquest
+2 more

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Conquest involves achieving control of another entity's territory through war. Historically, conquests occurred frequently in the international order, and practical norms hardly governed them under rule of law, including in military and international law. After World War I, as the League of Nations was established and, after World War II, with the United Nations, prohibitions against conquests were codified. Scholars have debated the role of norms against conquest.

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20 statements · 15% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Followed by: military occupation nature of statement: often
annexation nature of statement: often
Practiced by: Conqueror
Has effect: territorial control aka GregStevenAdams
Different from: annexation

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