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Invasion
Invasion: the entry of one state's armed forces into another state's territory, also called military invasion or armed attack. Illegal under the UN Charter unless in self-defense or Security Council-authorized; listed as an act of aggression in Resolution 3314 (1974), and distinct from occupation, which requires effective control.
Invasion (1969 film)
Invasión (Invasion), 1969 Argentine black-and-white sci-fi political drama by Hugo Santiago, written with Borges and Bioy Casares; set in Aquilea, a fictional Buenos Aires; banned, restored, ranked 2nd best Argentine film in 2022.
Invasion (2021 TV series)
Invasion is an Apple TV+ science fiction drama created by Simon Kinberg and David Weil, premiering October 22, 2021. It follows a global alien invasion in real time through five ordinary people across continents, running three seasons through 2025.
Invasion literature
Invasion literature was a genre of British fiction, from 1871 to 1914, depicting imagined invasions of Britain by hostile foreign powers, beginning with The Battle of Dorking.
Invasion of Algiers (1830)
The invasion of Algiers in 1830 was a French expedition ordered by Charles X that captured the city on 5 July and ended the Regency of Algiers.
Invasion of Guadeloupe (1810)
The Invasion of Guadeloupe (1810) was a British amphibious operation in which forces under General Beckwith captured Guadeloupe from France in February 1810, during the Napoleonic Wars.
Invasion of Martinique (1794)
The invasion of Martinique in 1794 was a British amphibious operation commanded by Sir Charles Grey and Sir John Jervis, capturing the island from France and beginning an occupation that lasted until 1802.
Invasion of Parihaka
The Invasion of Parihaka (Te Pāhuatanga o Parihaka) saw about 1,600 colonial troops enter the pacifist Māori settlement in Taranaki, New Zealand, on 5 November 1881.
Invasion of Poland
Invasion of Poland (September 1939, Polish Defensive War): German attack of September 1 and Soviet attack of September 17 that partitioned Poland under the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, ending with Poland's defeat on October 6 and triggering World War II in Europe.
Invasion of Portugal (1807)
Invasion of Portugal (1807), first French invasion under General Junot per the secret Treaty of Fontainebleau; 25,000 troops entered 17-19 November, Lisbon fell 30 November after the royal family fled to Brazil; occupation ended at Vimeiro in 1808.
Invasion of Privacy (album)
Invasion of Privacy is Cardi B's debut studio album, released April 6, 2018 on Atlantic Records; 13 tracks, 48 minutes, it topped the Billboard 200 with 255,000 units and won the 2019 Grammy for Best Rap Album.
Invasion of Shikoku
The Invasion of Shikoku (Shikoku heitei), or Shikoku campaign, was a 1585 expedition by Hashiba (Toyotomi) Hideyoshi that forced Chōsokabe Motochika to submit and kept him only in Tosa province.
Invasion of the Banu Hilal and Banu Sulaym
The invasion of the Banu Hilal and Banu Sulaym (غزو بني هلال وبني سليم) was a Fatimid-directed tribal migration that crushed the Zirids of Ifriqiya after 1051.
Invasion of the Bee Girls
Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973), aka Graveyard Tramps, a Denis Sanders sci-fi horror film and Nicholas Meyer's first feature credit, in which mutated bee women in Peckham, California seduce men to death, starring William Smith, Anitra Ford, and Victoria Vetri.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), Don Siegel's black-and-white sci-fi horror starring Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter, adapted from Jack Finney's novel; alien pods replace sleeping townsfolk in Santa Mira, spawning the term 'pod people' and remakes in 1978, 1993, and 2007.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Philip Kaufman's remake of the 1956 film and Jack Finney's novel, stars Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, and Leonard Nimoy; alien pods duplicate San Franciscans, and it is considered one of the most successful remakes ever made.
Invasion of the Chatham Islands
The invasion of the Chatham Islands in 1835 was the seizure of the islands by the Māori tribes Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāti Tama, who killed several hundred Moriori and enslaved the rest.
Invasion of the Waikato
The Invasion of the Waikato was an 1863–1864 British campaign against the Māori King movement in New Zealand, ending in Kīngitanga defeat and land confiscation.
Invasion of Trinidad (1797)
The Invasion of Trinidad (1797) was a British amphibious operation under General Sir Ralph Abercromby that captured the Spanish colony in February 1797 with little resistance.
Invasion of Yugoslavia
The Invasion of Yugoslavia (April War) began on April 6, 1941, when Axis powers attacked the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, leading to its partition and occupation until 1945.
Invasion protein InvF
InvF (invasion protein InvF) is an AraC/XylS-family transcriptional activator in Salmonella pathogenicity island 1; with the chaperone SicA it activates effector genes of the SPI-1 type III secretion system and is required for host-cell entry.
Invasion! (Arrowverse)
“Invasion!” is a 2016 Arrowverse crossover in which the Flash, Green Arrow, Supergirl, and the Legends confront the Dominators. Its three main episodes include Arrow’s 100th installment.
Invasions of Afghanistan
Invasions of Afghanistan: the three Anglo-Afghan wars (1838-42, 1878-80, 1919), the Treaty of Gandamak, and the Soviet (1979-89) and US-led (2001) interventions, driven by Anglo-Russian rivalry and occupation costs.
Invasions of Ahmad Shah Abdali
The invasions of Ahmad Shah Abdali were campaigns into India by Ahmad Shah Durrani, ruler of the Afghans from 1747, against the Mughals, Marathas, and Sikhs.
Invasions of the British Isles
Invasions of the British Isles: Roman conquest from 43 AD, Anglo-Saxon migration from the fifth century, Viking raids and Cnut's 1016 Danish conquest, and the Norman Conquest of 1066, with their cultural and genetic legacies.
Invasive and biofouling mussels
Invasive and biofouling mussels are mytilid bivalves that establish outside their native ranges and foul industrial water systems, including the golden mussel found in California in 2024.
Invasive angiography
Invasive angiography is a medical imaging procedure in which a catheter inside an artery injects iodinated contrast dye, and X-ray fluoroscopy records the contrast filling the vessels.
Invasive aspergillosis
Invasive aspergillosis (IA), a tissue-invading Aspergillus fumigatus-led mold infection of immunocompromised people, acquired by inhaling spores; treated with voriconazole, with 25-59% one-year survival and emerging azole resistance.
Invasive blood pressure monitoring
Invasive blood pressure monitoring measures arterial pressure continuously through a catheter in an artery linked to an electronic transducer, the reference method for major surgery, shock, and ICU care.
Invasive candidiasis
Invasive candidiasis, including candidemia, is severe Candida yeast infection of blood or internal organs in hospitalized, immunocompromised, or device-bearing patients; echinocandins are first-line therapy, with Candida auris an emerging drug-resistant threat.