strategy

Military occupation

Description:
Seizing and administratively controlling enemy territory during states of war by armed forces.
Implementation:
Military occupation requires not only control of the administrative apparatus of the occupied nation but control of sabotage.
Claim:
1. Occupation denies the enemy resources with which to continue fighting.

2. Military occupation is symbolic of a future victory.

3. Well administered military occupation can discredit the indigenous old administration.

Counter Claim:
1. Large numbers of troops and administrators are tied up in occupation.

2. Sabotage is a constant resource drain.

Facilitates:
Undermining foreign dictatorship
Subjects:
Defence → Military
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies