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The Army of Occupation was the name of the U.S. Army commanded by Zachary Taylor during the Mexican–American War.
Army of Occupation may refer to:
- Army of Occupation (Mexico), the U.S. Army commanded by Zachary Taylor during the Mexican–American War (mid-19th century)
- Army of Occupation (Germany), formed twice by the British Army of the Rhine following World Wars I and II respectively
Usage examples of "army of occupation".
They added a crushing indemnity of five billion francs intended to hobble France for a generation, and lodged an army of occupation until it should be paid.
Minucius Rufus, 5000 men from the Latin contingents as an army of occupation for their provinces, the one in Gaul, the other in Bruttium.
The latter did not like this at all and they ordered their troops to cross the Pyrenees and watch the Carthaginian army of occupation.
The US Army of Occupation in Japan was denying rumors that many infanticides were occurring in the areas around Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
They might have been the vanguard of an army of occupation, and the archers posted where the road left the city looked relieved when we marched past.