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Good question. I think the term invade has a more neutral meaning in English than in Chinese. The Allied invasion of Normandy was a very welcome event for most Frenchmen....but we still call it an invasion. The British Invasion of the 1960s was a welcome cultural phenomenon that is fondly remembered in the US. We also use the term invasion in the context of civil wars. Here is a Wikipedia article on the Atlanta Campaign....the article uses the word invaded to describe a military operation, and does not imply that the Confederacy was not part of the United States. An invasion may lead to liberation, reunification, independence, or subjugation. This game does not take a position on what happens after the invasion. It is only intended to explore the mechanics of a military operation.

I hope that helps.

YDD-908816 days ago

Thank you very much for reply, the culture gap between different civilization is truely exist. The reference you give can explain this issue very well. Hope more people in misunderstand can speak for the divergence itself, rather than out put irrational emotions.

一条来自中国普通人的感谢（Love from China ^_^）

africacrossgames14 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

No problem

If you are interested, there is a lot of information across the internet on Operation Causeway. This was a US plan to invade Taiwan in WWII that was ultimately canceled. Backers of the plan wanted to help China by using Taiwan as a base to interdict Japanese shipping to occupied Chinese costal cities. An invasion would have required too many troops, so the US opted to invade Okinawa instead. The Okinawa operation involved 250,000 Allied combat troops and 12 aircraft carriers. US planners estimated that Taiwan would have required more than 500,000 combat troops.

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