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Military Occupations Since 1900

Name the occupier of the various countries and territories
Not counting civil wars with alternate governments (Libya, Sudan, etc.)
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Occupied State/Territory
Years
Occupier
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Republic of Cuba
1898-1902
&
1906-1909
&
1917-1922
United States
Korean Empire
1905-1910
Empire of Japan
Ottoman Empire
1911-1912
Kingdom of Italy
Independent Albania
1912-1913
Kingdom of Serbia

Nicaragua
1912-1933
United States
Veracruz, Mexico
1914-1914
United States
Eastern Galicia,
Austria-Hungary
1914-1915
Russian Empire
Neutral Moresnet
1914-1915
German Empire
German South West Africa
1914-1915
Union of South Africa
Belgium
1914-1918
German Empire
French Republic
(Northeast)
1914-1918
German Empire
Luxembourg
1914-1918
German Empire
Congress Poland
1914-1918
Austria-Hungary /
German Empire
Baltic Governorates &
Vilna Governorate-General,
Russian Empire
1914-1919
German Empire
Principality of Albania
(East)
1915-1917
Tsardom of Bulgaria
Kingdom of Serbia
(Northwest)
1915-1918
Austria-Hungary
Morava,
Kingdom of Serbia
1915-1918
German Empire
Kingdom of Serbia
(East & Macedonia)
1915-1918
Tsardom of Bulgaria

Republic of Haiti
1915-1934
United States
Principality of Albania
1916-1918
Austria-Hungary
Kingdom of Montenegro
1916-1918
Austria-Hungary
Dominican Republic
1916-1924
1956-1966
United States
Kingdom of Italy
(Northeast)
1917-1918
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire
(Levant)
1917-1920
France /
United Kingdom /
Kingdom of Hejaz
West Ukrainian People's Republic &
Ukrainian People's Republic
1918-1919
Republic of Poland
Hungarian People's Republic
1918-1919
Kingdom of Romania /
Czechoslovakia /
France /
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes
Russian SFSR
(Partially)
1918-1920
United Kingdom /
Empire of Japan /
Kingdom of Greece /
United States /
France /
Beiyang Republic of China
Ukrainian People's Republic
1918-1920
Russian SFSR
Republic of German-Austria &
Republic of Austria
(Tirol)
1918-1920
Kingdom of Italy
Kingdom of Serbs,
Croats and Slovenes
1918-1921
France / Kingdom of Italy /
United Kingdom /
United States
Regency Kingdom of Hungary
1918-1921
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes
Ottoman Empire
(Constantinople)
1918-1923
France /
Kingdom of Italy /
United Kingdom

Rheinland,
Weimar Republic
1918-1930
France /
United Kingdom /
Belgium /
United States /
Siam
Hungarian Soviet Republic
1919-1919
Kingdom of Romania
Ottoman Empire
(Smyrna)
1919-1922
Kingdom of Greece
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
1920
Russian SFSR

Far Eastern Republic &
Soviet Union
(Nothern Sakhalin)
1920-1925
Empire of Japan
Democratic Republic of Georgia
1921
Russian SFSR
Weimar Republic
(Der Ruhr)
1923-1924
Belgium /
France
Republic of China
(Manchuria)
1931-1935
Empire of Japan
Republic of China
(Xinjiang)
1934-1934
Soviet Union
Ethiopian Empire
1935-1941
Kingdom of Italy
Republic of China
(Partially)
1937-1945
Empire of Japan

Federal State of Austria
1938-1938
Germany
Czechoslovakia
(Sudetenland)
1938-1938
Germany
Finland
(Partially)
1939-1940
Soviet Union
Republic of Poland
(East)
1939-1941
Soviet Union
Bohemia and Moravia
1939-1945
Germany
Klaipėda Region
1939-1945
Germany

Kingdom of Albania
1939-1945
Kingdom of Italy
Republic of Poland
1939-1945
Germany
Bessarabia and
Northern Bukovina
1940-1940
Soviet Union
British Somaliland
1940-1941
Kingdom of Italy
Finland
(Hankoniemi)
1940-1941
Soviet Union
Estonia
1940-1941
Soviet Union
Latvia
1940-1941
Soviet Union

Lithuania
1940-1941
Soviet Union
Vichy France
(Southeast)
1940-1943
Kingdom of Italy
Vichy France
(Only North until 1942)
1940-1944
Germany
Belgium
1940-1945
Germany
Denmark
1940-1945
Germany
Føroyar Islands
1940-1945
United Kingdom
Greenland
1940-1945
United States /
United Kingdom
Kingdom of Iceland
1940-1945
United States /
United Kingdom
Luxembourg
1940-1945
Germany
Netherlands
1940-1945
Germany
Norway
1940-1945
Germany
Channel Islands
1940-1945
Germany
Ethiopian Empire
1941-1944
United Kingdom
Kingdom of Greece
1941-1944
Tsardom of Bulgaria /
Kingdom of Italy /
Germany
Byelorussian Soviet
Socialist Republic
1941-1944
Germany

Ukrainian Soviet
Socialist Republic
1941-1944
Germany
Estonian Soviet
Socialist Republic
1941-1944
Germany

Latvian Soviet
Socialist Republic
1941-1944
Germany

Lithuanian Soviet
Socialist Republic
1941-1944
Germany
Karelo-Finnish Soviet
Socialist Republic
1941-1944
Finland
Guam
1941-1944
Empire of Japan
Transnistria
1941-1944
Kingdom of Romania
French Cochinchina
1941-1945
Empire of Japan
Protectorate of Cambodia
1941-1945
Empire of Japan
British Borneo
1941-1945
Empire of Japan
British Hong Kong
1941-1945
Empire of Japan
Straits Settlements
1941-1945
Empire of Japan
Federated Malay States
1941-1945
Empire of Japan
Johor
1941-1945
Empire of Japan
Kedah
1941-1945
Empire of Japan
Kelantan
1941-1945
Empire of Japan
Perlis
1941-1945
Empire of Japan
Terengganu
1941-1945
Empire of Japan
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
1941-1945
Tsardom of Bulgaria /
Regency Kingdom of Hungary /
Kingdom of Italy /
Germany /
Independent State of Croatia
Pahlavi Iran
1941-1946
Soviet Union /
United Kingdom

New Caledonia
1942-1945
United States
Territory of New Guinea
1942-1945
Empire of Japan
Mandatory Nauru
1942-1945
Empire of Japan
British Andaman Islands
1942-1945
Empire of Japan
Dutch East Indies
1942-1945
Empire of Japan
Commonwealth of
the Philippines
1942-1945
Empire of Japan
Portuguese Timor
1942-1945
Empire of Japan
British Burma
1942-1945
Empire of Japan
Colony of Singapore
1942-1945
Empire of Japan
Qisxa
1942-1945
Empire of Japan
Atan
1942-1945
Empire of Japan
Kouang-Tchéou-Wan
1943-1945
Empire of Japan
Italy
1943-1945
Germany
Kingdom of Italy
1943-1945
United States /
United Kingdom
Italian Libya
1943-1951
United Kingdom /
France
Kingdom of Hungary
1944-1945
Germany
Carpathian Ruthenia
1944-1945
Soviet Union
France
1944-1946
Free France /
United States /
United Kingdom
Tsardom of Bulgaria
1944-1947
Soviet Union

Hungarian Republic
1944-1949
Soviet Union
Provisional Republic
of Poland
1944-1956
Soviet Union
Finland
(Porkkalanniemi)
1944-1956
Soviet Union
Kingdom of Romania
1944-1958
Soviet Union
Tonkin
1945-1945
Empire of Japan
Annam
1945-1945
Empire of Japan
Kingdom of Luang Prabang
1945-1945
Empire of Japan
East Prussia
1945-1945
Soviet Union
Manchukuo
1945-1946
Soviet Union
Pahlavi Iran
(Northern)
1945-1946
Azerbaijan People's Government /
Republic of Mahabad /
Soviet Union
Cochinchina
1945-1946
United Kingdom
Korea
(Northern)
1945-1948
Soviet Union
Korea
(Southern)
1945-1948
United States
Germany
(Eastern)
1945-1949
Soviet Union

Germany
(Western)
1945-1949
United Kingdom /
United States /
France
Japan
1945-1951
United States
Tokara Islands
1945-1952
United States
Taiwan, Penghu & Itu Aba
1945-1952
Republic of China
Amami Islands
1945-1953
United States
Austria
1945-1955
Soviet Union /
United Kingdom /
United States /
France

Saarprotektorat
1945-1957
France
Ogasawara Islands
1945-1968
United States
Ruuchuu Islands
1945-1972
United States
West Berlin
(De Jure only after 1949)
1945-1990
United Kingdom /
United States /
France
Junaghad
1947-1948
India
Hyderabad
1948-1948
India
Palestine
(West Bank)
1948-1967
Jordan
Kingdom of Sikkim
1949-1950
India
Tibet
1949-1951
China
Israel
(Northern Jordan Valley)
1949-1967
Syria
Portuguese Dadra and
Nagar Haveli
1954-1971
India
Suez Canal Zone, Egypt
1956-1956
United Kingdom /
France
Hungarian People's Republic
1956-1956
Soviet Union
All-Palestine Protectorate
1956-1957
Israel
Sinai, Egypt/UAR/FAR
1956-1957
1967-1982
Israel

Palestine
(Gaza Strip)
1959-1967
Egypt
Kingdom of Laos
1959-1975
North Vietnam
Cuba
(Guantanamo Bay)
1959-Now
United States
West Papua
1960-1960
(1960-Now)
Indonesia

Goa, Daman & Diu
1961-1974
India
Aksai Chin & Arunachal Pradesh
1962-1962
China
Palestine
(East Jerusalem, West Bank,
& Gaza Strip (Partial))
1967-Now
Israel
Syria
(Golan Heights)
1967-Now
Israel
Czechoslovakia
1968-1989
Soviet Union /
People's Republic of Bulgaria /
Polish People's Republic /
East Germany /
Hungarian People's Republic
East Pakistan
1971-1971
India
Cyprus
1974-Now
Northern Cyprus /
Türkiye
Republic of Vietnam
1975-1976
North Vietnam
Angola
(Partially)
1975-1976
Union of South Africa
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
(Tiris al-Gharbiyya)
1975-1979
Mauritania
East Timor
1975-1999
Indonesia
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
(Large Portions)
1975-Now
Morocco
Chad
(Aouzou Strip)
1976-1987
Libya
Lebanon
(Partially)
1976-2005
Syrian Arab Republic
Tanzania
(Kagera)
1978-1978
Uganda
Lebanon
(Southern)
1978-1982
Free Lebanon State /
Israel
Democratic Kampuchea
1978-1989
Vietnam
Vietnam
(Partially)
1979-1979
China
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
1979-1989
Soviet Union
Falkland Islands
1982-1982
Argentina
Lebanon
(Southern)
1982-2000
2024-Now
(Partial since 2025)
Israel
People's Revolutionary
Government of Grenada
1983-1983
United States / Barbados /
Jamaica /
Antigua and Barbuda /
Dominica /
Saint Kitts and Nevis /
Saint Lucia /
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sri Lanka
(Northern Province)
1987-1990
India

Maldives
1988-1988
India
Panama
1989-1990
United States
Kuwait
1990-1991
Republic of Iraq
Azerbaijan
(Nagorno-Karabakh)
1992-2023
Republic of Artsakh /
Armenia
Azerbaijan
(Border Villages)
1992-2024
Armenia
Moldova
(Partial)
1992-Now
Russia /
Transnistria

Azerbaijan
(Sofulu, Barxudarlı & Karki)
1992-Now
Armenia
Armenia
(Artsvashen)
1992-Now
Azerbaijan
Haiti
1994-1995
United States /
Poland /
Argentina
Lesotho
1998-1999
South Africa /
Botswana
Democratic Republic of the Congo
(Partially)
1998-2002
Uganda /
Rwanda /
Zimbabwe /
Angola /
Namibia /
Chad /
Sudan
Eritrea
(Gash-Barka, Southern Region,
Northern Red Sea and
Southern Red Sea)
2000-2018
Ethiopia
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
2001-2002
United States /
United Kingdom /
Canada /
Australia /
New Zealand /
Germany /
Italy /
France /
Northern Alliance
Iraq
2003-2011
United States /
United Kingdom /
Australia /
Poland /
South Korea /
Georgia /
Ukraine /
Romania /
Denmark /
Bulgaria /
El Salvador /
Czechia /
Azerbaijan /
Albania /
Mongolia /
Singapore /
Latvia /
Bosnia and Herzegovina /
North Macedonia /
Tonga /
Armenia /
Estonia /
Kazakhstan /
Moldova /
Italy /
Netherlands /
Spain /
Japan /
Thailand /
Honduras /
Dominican Republic /
Hungary /
Nicaragua /
Norway /
Portugal /
Lithuania /
Slovakia /
New Zealand /
Philippines /
Iceland /
NATO /
Kurdistan Democratic Party /
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan /
Free Iraqi Forces
Somalia
2006-2009
Ethiopia
Georgia
(Gori, Poti, & Perevi)
2008-2011
Russia
Georgia
(Northwest & Northern)
2008-Now
Russia /
Abkhazia /
South Ossetia


Ukraine
(Donetsk)
2014-2022
Donetsk People's Republic
Ukraine
(Luhansk)
2014-2022
Luhansk People's Republic
Crimea/Sevastopol
2014-Now
Russia
Syria
(al-Tanf)
2015-Now
United States
Syria
(Azaz, al-Bab, Jarabulus,
Afrin, Tell Abyad & Ras al-Ayn)
2016-Now
Syrian Interim Government
(Until 2025) /
Türkiye
Yemen
(Socotra)
2018-2018
United Arab Emirates
Armenia
(Partial: Syunik, Vayots Dzor, &
Gegharkunik)
2021-Now
Azerbaijan
Ukraine
(Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Poltava,
Sumy, Zhytomyr, Chernobyl, & Snake Island)
2022-2024
Russia
Ukraine
(Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson,
Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, & Mykolaiv)
2022-Now
Russia
Russia
(Kursk)
2024-2025
Ukraine
Syria
(Tartus naval base & Khmeimim Air Base)
2024-Now
Russia
Syria
(Southern)
2024-Now
Israel
Syria
(Suwayda)
2025-Now
Supreme Legal Committee in Suwayda /
Israel
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Level 67
Jul 13, 2025
Can you accept Russia for the Russian SFSR?
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