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:

Occupation denies the enemy resources with which to continue fighting.

Counter Claim:

Large numbers of troops and administrators are tied up in occupation.

Subjects:
Defence Military
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies