Annexation facts for kids

Annexation (Latin: ad "to" and nexus "joining") is the forceful takeover of one state's territory by another.

Annexation is a one-sided act where one territory is seized and held by another.

Images for kids

Civilians and coalition military forces wave Kuwaiti and Saudi Arabian flags as they celebrate the reversal of the annexation of Kuwait by Iraq (28 February 1991).
Morocco officially annexed Western Sahara in 1976
Tourists in Crimea with the Russian flag flying after annexation by Russia (14 June 2015).
Tibet and approximate line of communist advance in February 1950
Portuguese India in 1961
Communist Party of Vietnam billboard marking the 30th anniversary of the reunification of the country in 1975
Lieutenant Commander Desmond Scott hoists the Union Flag in 1955
Annexation of Portuguese India by India in 1961
Western New Guinea was formally annexed by Indonesia in 1969
Morocco officially annexed Western Sahara in 1976
Crimea was annexed by Russia in 2014