Many defoliated forest areas were quickly invaded by aggressive pioneer species, such as bamboo and cogon grass, which make it unlikely the forests will be able to regenerate.

The city was invaded by Ranjit Singh and his Sikh army in the early 19th century but was quickly chased out a few days later by Afghan forces of Durrani Empire.

Krupp ’ s factory in Essen was occupied, and independent republics were declared, but the German Reichswehr invaded from Westphalia and quickly restored order.

When World War I began, Germany invaded neutral Belgium and Luxembourg as part of the Schlieffen Plan, trying to take Paris quickly and catch the French off guard by invading through neutral countries.

Joined by other groups the rebels quickly took control of the North, and eventually laid siege to, and then invaded, the capital.

The majority of the PDF surrendered quickly when the United States invaded Panama and overthrew Noriega in 1989.

The armistice ended on 26 June and Prussian-Austrian troops quickly invaded more of Denmark.

Following the Mukden Incident of 1931, when the Japanese invaded with defections of Chinese generals and the flight of the local governments quickly took full control of Manchuria.

As U. S. forces quickly invaded and quickly pulled out, he helped broker the transition of power.

Over 6 weeks of relentless pounding by planes and helicopters, the Iraqi army was almost completely beaten but did not retreat, under orders from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, and by the time the ground forces invaded on 24 February, many Iraqi troops quickly surrendered to forces much smaller than their own ; in one instance, Iraqi forces attempted to surrender to a television camera crew that was advancing with coalition forces.

Some 40, 000 Syrian soldiers invaded Lebanon in 1976 and quickly smashed the LNM's favorable position ; a truce was declared and the fighting subsided.

In February 1942 Imperial Japan invaded the Dutch East Indies quickly defeating Dutch forces who marched, bussed and trucked Sukarno and his entourage three hundred kilometres from Bengkulu to Padang, Sumatra.

Upon receiving news of Hulagu's departure, Mamluk Sultan Qutuz quickly assembled a large army at Cairo and invaded Palestine.

In 1975 North Vietnam invaded with conventional army forces and quickly conquered the South.

When the Persians invaded Greece after putting down the Ionian revolt in 493 BC, many city-states quickly submitted to them fearing a loss of trade.

In spring 1137, David again invaded England: a truce was quickly agreed.

Once the Scots invaded, an army was quickly mobilized in Richmond under the supervision of William Zouche, the Archbishop of York.

During Operation Torch in November 1942, the Allies invaded French North Africa, leading to a large naval battle at Casablanca, but the Vichy forces quickly turned sides.

When the Allies invaded Italy in September 1943, Genovese switched sides and quickly offered his services to the U. S. Army.

The player character, Adrian Shephard, is sent in to neutralize the Black Mesa Research Facility when a scientific mishap causes it to be invaded by aliens, but quickly finds that the Marines are outnumbered and slowly being beaten back by a second alien race and black operations units.

On 2 September, news reached Paris that the Duke of Brunswick, Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand's Prussian army had invaded France ( 19 August ), and with the invasion the fortress of Verdun had quickly fallen, and that the Prussians were advancing quickly toward the capital.

Dr Jameson's force invaded, but the expected uprising never took place ; the invading force were quickly overpowered and arrested.

During the Financial crisis of 2007 – 2010, Bulgaria marked a decline in its economy of 5. 5 % in 2009, but quickly restored its positive growth to 0. 2 % in 2010, in contrast to other Balkan countries.

Moscow quickly supplied Bulgaria with T-34 / 85 tanks, SU-100 guns, Il-2 attack planes and other new combat machinery.

In Constantinople, he quickly rose to become the commander of the Byzantine Varangian Guard, and saw action on the Mediterranean Sea, in Asia Minor, Sicily, possibly in the Holy Land, Bulgaria and in Constantinople itself, where he became involved in the imperial dynastic disputes.

Peace between Bulgaria and Byzantium was quickly restored.

The rescue operation was carried out with success in c. 836, and the peace between Bulgaria and the Byzantine Empire was quickly restored.

The Balkan allies — Serbia, Bulgaria, Montenegro and Greece — quickly drove the Ottomans to the walls of Constantinople.

Romania was quickly defeated however by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Bulgaria.

Stalin, assuming that Japan and Germany could menace the Soviet Union once again by the 1960s, thus quickly imposed Moscow-dominated governments in the springboards of the Nazi onslaught: Poland, Romania, and Bulgaria.

But when there he quickly formed the view that an unprepared and ill-armed Romania facing a war on three fronts against Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria would be a liability not an asset to the allies.

1998 saw the club end up in 8th place and the UEFA Champions League adventured ended quickly after defeat with 3-2 in total against Litex Lovech, from Bulgaria, in the first qualifying round, own product Fredrik Ljungberg was sold to Arsenal F. C.

However, some people point to countries that failed to reform quickly, such as Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria, whose respective economies are in far worse condition than that of Poland.

The French quickly defeated the Scottish at Baleine and established the first permanent settlements on Île Royale: present day Englishtown ( 1629 ) and St. Peter's ( 1630 ).

The Béziers army attempted a sortie but was quickly defeated, then pursued by the crusaders back through the gates and into the city.

When Hernando Pizarro and his army returned, Almagro's troops quickly defeated them and took the Pizarro brothers Hernando and Gonzalo captive.

Soon after his enthronement, Saga himself took ill. Emperor Saga's untimely health problems provided former-Emperor Heizei with a unique opportunity to foment a rebellion ; however, forces loyal to Emperor Saga, led by taishōgun Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, quickly defeated the Heizei rebels which thus limited the adverse consequences which would have followed any broader conflict.

Parliament quickly recognized him as king, but the Yorkists were far from defeated.

Having been sent to the prison planet after his Injustice League was defeated, Lex quickly assumes control of the amassed villains, receiving competition only from Joker and Gorilla Grodd, who convince half of the villains to join them.

To the surprise of the rest of Europe, Prussia quickly defeated Austria and its allies at the Battle of Königgrätz.

Akechi then proceeded to declare himself master over Nobunaga's domains, but was quickly defeated by Hideyoshi.

Hannibal quickly turned back and rushed to home defense, but was soundly defeated in the Battle of Zama.

While Taft stressed that America needed to prevent the New Deal from using the international crisis to extend socialism and dictatorship at home, the German blitzkrieg that quickly defeated France shook public opinion.

Confident that the Boers would be quickly defeated, they planned and organised a short war, citing the uitlanders ' grievances as the motivation for the conflict.

However, despite being distracted by a Cuman attack in the Balkans, in 1148 Manuel enlisted the alliance of Conrad III of Germany, and the help of the Venetians, who quickly defeated Roger with their powerful fleet.

A swift march on Piacenza drew the Austrian commander thither and in his absence the allies fell upon and completely defeated the Sardinians at Bassignano ( 27 September ), a victory which was quickly followed by the capture of Alessandria, Valenza and Casale Monferrato.

He was quickly defeated by Radetzky at Novara on March 23, 1849.

The Papal troops under Lamoricière advanced against Cialdini, but were quickly defeated and besieged in the fortress of Ancona, finally surrendering on September 29.

Soviet troops quickly defeated the Japanese army in Chinese Manchukuo and other areas.

He quickly gained the support of the establishment and easily defeated Bosch, who ran a somewhat muted campaign out of fear of military retribution.

Guthrum quickly defeated Burgred and placed a puppet on the throne of Mercia.

There, he quickly captures Colophon and raids the Ionian countryside, but is defeated outside Ephesus by a combined Ephesian, Persian, and Syracusan force.

While still captive he was overthrown in a palace coup, and when released he was quickly defeated and detained by members of the Doukas family.

Their decline quickly began, and their final defeat is dated between 637 or 626, when they were defeated by Alyattes of Lydia.

Stilicho sent Mascezel, the brother of Gildo, into Africa with an army, which quickly defeated the rebellion.

He would then use part of his force to mask one army while the larger portion overwhelmed and defeated the second army quickly.

They moved against the Romans under native command and were quickly defeated.