Following the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, Alexander brought the 1st Infantry Division to France, where, in late May 1940, he successfully led the division's withdrawal to Dunkirk.

Following the outbreak of World War I in 1914, life in Munich became very difficult, as the Allied blockade of Germany led to food and fuel shortages.

Following the outbreak of World War II Menzies found it necessary to distance himself from the controversy by claiming Interior Minister Thomas Paterson was responsible since he made the initial order to exclude Kisch.

Following the outbreak of the civil war and the ensuing collapse of the central government, Somalia's residents reverted to local forms of conflict resolution, either secular, traditional or Islamic law, with a provision for appeal of all sentences.

Following the outbreak of the civil war and the ensuing collapse of the Siad Barre regime in the early 1990s, Somalia's residents reverted to local forms of conflict resolution, consisting of civil law, religious law and customary law.

Following the outbreak of the French Revolution, his eminent military qualities brought him speedy promotion.

Following a hurricane and a renewed outbreak of disease, the colony collapsed, with the English departing for the nearby French colony on Sainte-Croix, the Danes fleeing to Saint Christopher and home, and the Dutch assisting their countrymen on Ter Tholen in stealing everything of value, particularly the remaining Danish guns and ammunition.

Following the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 the Union of South Africa occupied and annexed the German colony of German South-West Africa.

Following the outbreak of Israeli-Palestinian fighting in September 2000, the Jordanian government offered its help to both parties.

Following the outbreak of the Civil War, Pinkerton served as head of the Union Intelligence Service in 1861 – 1862 and foiled an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland, while guarding Abraham Lincoln on his way to his inauguration.

Following the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by first invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France.

Following the defeat at Great Bridge, he loaded his troops, and many Virginia Loyalists, onto British ships ; as there was an outbreak of smallpox at the time, this had disastrous consequences, particularly for the ex-slaves ; some 500 of the 800 members of the Ethiopian Regiment died.

Following the outbreak of the Boer War in 1899, Shackleton transferred to the troopship Tintagel Castle where, in March 1900, he met an army lieutenant, Cedric Longstaff, whose father Llewellyn W. Longstaff was the main financial backer of the National Antarctic Expedition, then being organised in London.

Following the outbreak of the Spanish – American War in 1898, Chaplain Groves was sent to Cuba with the 8th Infantry.

Following the outbreak of war in 1939, Stauffenberg and his regiment took part in the attack on Poland.

Following the nationalizations in 1979 and the outbreak of the Iran – Iraq War, over 80 % of Iran's economy came under the control of the government.

Following the outbreak of the Six Day War, for example, he established an NSC Special Committee, modeled on the NSC Executive Committee that met during the Cuban Missile Crisis, to coordinate U. S. policy in the Middle East for several weeks.

Following the outbreak of the American Civil War, he served in the Confederate States Army as a general and commander of Confederate forces prior to the 1863 Siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana, and of the young Virginia Military Institute cadets, at the 1864 Battle of New Market in New Market, Virginia.

Following the outbreak of the Algerian revolution in November 1954 he joined the Front de Libération Nationale as a result of contacts with Dr Pierre Chaulet at Blida in 1955.

Following the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, politics shifted in Korea, and Rhee was released from prison in 1904.

Following the outbreak of World War I in 1914, creative artists living at the Bateau-Lavoir and in the neighborhood began moving elsewhere, mainly to Montparnasse.

Following the fire, with most people homeless and destitute, the Spanish Influenza outbreak of 1918 wreaked even more havoc on the local peoples, taking more lives.

Following the German invasion and outbreak of World War II, in September 1939 Zamość was seized by the German army.

Following the outbreak of the Second World War, Holloway made short propaganda films on behalf of the British Film Institute and Pathé News and took character parts in a series of war films including Major Barbara, The Way Ahead, This Happy Breed and The Way to the Stars.

Following attacks on civil rights marchers by Protestant loyalists, as well as members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary ( RUC ), anger and violence mounted.

Following World War II the duration of civil wars grew past the norm of the pre-19th century, largely due to weakness of the many postcolonial states and the intervention by major powers on both sides of conflict.

Following the October 2001 American invasion and the Bonn Agreement the new government under the leadership of Hamid Karzai started to re-establish diplomatic relationships with many countries who had held close diplomatic relations before the communist coup d ' état and the subsequent civil war.

Following the 1998-99 civil war, presidential and legislative elections were again held, bringing opposition leader Kumba Ialá and his Party for Social Renewal to power.

Following a period of growing political instability in the early 20th century, in 1936 Spain was plunged into a bloody civil war.

Following the invasion, the situation deteriorated to the extent that in 2006-2007, Iraq was on the brink of civil war.

Following their defeat in the Jordanian civil war, thousands of Palestinian militiamen regrouped in Lebanon, led by Yasser Arafat's Palestine Liberation Organization, with the intention of replicating the modus operandi of attacking Israel from a politically and militarily weak neighbour.

Following the surrender of the Japanese in 1945, civil administration of Papua as well as New Guinea was restored, and under the Papua New Guinea Provisional Administration Act, ( 1945 – 46 ), Papua and New Guinea were combined in an administrative union.

Following the October Revolution, a civil war broke out between the anti-communist White movement and the new Soviet regime with its Red Army.

Following Yarborough's recommendations, the Colombian military recruited civilians into paramilitary " civil defense " groups which worked alongside the military in its counter-insurgency campaign, as well as in civilian intelligence networks to gather information on guerrilla activity.

Following instructions from London to achieve economies, Governor Thomas Gore Brown ( 1851 – 1856 ) further reduced the civil establishment.

Following the end of the TFG's interim mandate the same month, the Federal Government of Somalia, the first permanent central government in the country since the start of the civil war, was also formed.

Following the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement which ended the second civil war, the Sudanese Armed Forces formed joint military units with the Sudanese People's Liberation Army.

Following the end of the Lebanese civil war in 1990, the Syrian occupation of Lebanon continued until 2005, when they were forced out by widespread public protest and international pressure, following the murder of Rafiq al-Hariri.

Following the Civil War, the family had fallen on harder times with the temporary loss of civil and some property rights for those who aided the Confederacy.

Following the Revolution of 1911, the Republic of China adopted a largely Western-style legal code in the civil law tradition ( specifically German-influenced ).

Following the war, some of these military airfields added civil facilities for handling passenger traffic.

Following the Sui Dynasty's example, the Tang abandoned the nine-rank system in favor of a large civil service system.

Following his death, civil war broke out between his sons.

Following the boundary changes caused by the Local Government ( Scotland ) Act 1889, the county contained the following civil parishes:

Following the 1964 election, a variety of civil rights organizations banded together to push for the passage of legislation that would ensure black voting rights once and for all.