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  • I think it'd depend entirely on the particular laws the two nations in question are a party to. Commented May 8, 2015 at 17:33
  • Does the country being taken over agree to be taken over? Commented May 8, 2015 at 19:08
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    In your particular example, the two countries are still at war (although in a prolonged truce)... Commented May 8, 2015 at 20:56
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    what about in the case of a genocide? Vietnam invaded Cambodia, stopped what was the genocide of a million Cambodians under Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, but didn't really take it over, just backed a slightly less insane communist government in places of the Maoist madness of the Khmer Rouge... Commented May 10, 2015 at 21:03
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    4 years on: Israel beyond its mandate borders. Or beyond the 1968 borders. Or ... . || The Soviet Union / Russia/ foray into the Baltic states, where they'd be still if things had worked out differently, and may yet again be if ... . || Germany and Stalin's-domain into Poland. Hitler: Poland will never exist again (non verbatim). | Indonesia into "West Papua / Irian Jaya. Commented Sep 3, 2019 at 10:34