List of military occupations

This article presents a list of military occupations, both historic and contemporary, but only those that have taken place since the customary laws of belligerent military occupation were first clarified and supplemented by the Hague Convention of 1907.

[1] As currently understood in international law, "military occupation" is the effective military control by a power of a territory outside of said power's recognized sovereign territory.

[2] The occupying power in question may be an individual state or a supranational organization, such as the United Nations.

Mykolaiv Oblast: Kharkiv Oblast: Events before the Hague Convention of 1907 are out of scope.

Tiszántúl, Danube–Tisza Interfluve, Budapest, Northwest Transdanubia First Hungarian Republic Hungarian Soviet Republic Hungarian Republic Kingdom Of Hungary inc. Sátoraljaújhely (to 1920) Austria Eritrea recaptured the lands during the Tigray war.

Military occupations in Europe, North Africa, and West Asia (for colouring correspondence, see below), as of 2024.