1880 T. Martin V. xcvii. 6 France..which had an army of sixty thousand men still in Lombardy, and an occupation force of five thousand in Rome.
1947 10 May 3/5 He refers further to the ‘Greek Monarcho-Fascist forces’ who collaborated with the occupation forces.
1989 N. Miller (BNC) 35 The nationalist leader Sandino of Nicaragua..fought against a US occupation force from 1927 to 1934.