WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Annexation, in international law, is the forcible acquisition of one state’s territory by another state, usually following military occupation of the territory. It is generally held to be an illegal act.

Detailed explanation-2: -1 Annexation means the forcible acquisition of territory by one State at the expense of another State. It is one of the principal modes of acquiring territory (Territory, Acquisition; see also Occupation, Belligerent).

Detailed explanation-3: -The most common form of annexation across history has been through military conquest and control. In 1938, for example, Nazi Germany marched into Austria and conquered it. They claimed that they wanted to unify the Germanic people and annexed the former nation of Austria into their country.

Detailed explanation-4: -conquest, in international law, the acquisition of territory through force, especially by a victorious state in a war at the expense of a defeated state. An effective conquest takes place when physical appropriation of territory (annexation) is followed by “subjugation” (i.e., the legal process of transferring title).

Detailed explanation-5: -Imperialism can be defined as a doctrine, political strategy, practice, state policy, or advocacy that consists in extending power by territorial acquisition or by extending political and economic control outward over other areas.