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Example sentences for: occupation

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Spain, followed by Portugal, rose up against the French occupation, in what came to be known as the Peninsular War.
Occupation of Madeira began in the early 1420s as a decidedly minimalist project: colonists arrived with only as much as they could carry from mainland Portugal.
Crete prospered greatly under the 465 years of Venetian occupation (1204–1669), although there were revolts by the native population, which were brutally put down.
The United States also helped Suharto to seize power back in 1965-66, sanctioned his occupation of East Timor in 1975, and basically looked the other way at three decades of one-man rule and serious human rights violations.
The occupation of Crete did not end until May 1945.