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In [[Real Life]], wars are a messy and tiresome affair. Hostilities can escalate for months long before the sides even exchange the first shots. Even the [[Badass Army|best war machine in the world]] will still take its time securing the enemy lands, trench by trench, if not because of fierce resistance on [[La Résistance|both sides of the frontlines]], then because marching in too fast will stretch the lines of communications and supply too thin for normal operations.
In fiction, however, the dramatic rules require the invaders to appear larger than life, to establish them as a credible threat unbeatable by normal means. The simplest way to emphasize the superiority of the invader's military might and technology is to establish that they [[Curb Stomp Battle|completed their takeover before the invaded state even knew they were there]]. The survivors will later refer to the invasion as the "[[Great Offscreen War|One Week War]]", or the like.
[[Alien Invasion|Alien Invasions]] often receive this treatment but it is not limited to them; for instance, [[
A large-scale subtrope of [[Curb Stomp Battle]] and, in many cases, [[Easy Logistics]]. A common setup for [[Back From the Brink]] scenario. [[Home
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== [[Anime]]
* This is pretty how the Kushan Empire invaded the Capital City of Windham in ''[[Berserk]]''. Moments after the King of Midland dies, Emperor Ganishka and his troops come storming in and take over the joint.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* [[Marvel Comics]]
== [[Film]] ==
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== [[Literature]] ==
* [[Robert Heinlein]]'s novel ''[[Sixth Column (novel)|Sixth Column]]'' (AKA ''The Day After Tomorrow''). The PanAsians use their vortex beams and A-bomb rockets to defeat the United States in less than a day.
* ''[[
* At the beginning of ''[[Animorphs
* ''[[Ciaphas Cain|Cain's Last Stand]]'' makes a very big deal that an invading Chaos force is progressing far faster than it has any right to, and even seems to be growing. They find out that it's because Warmaster Varan has
* The prequel book of ''[[The Tripods]]'' indicates it only took a few weeks after the Trippies started passing out Caps for the world to end up with more Capped than Uncapped. Some pockets of fighting went on for a while, but [[Foregone Conclusion|it's obvious by the end of the prequel]] that the Capped are in control.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Between the first incursion in ''[[Half Life]]'' and the thoroughly subjugated world of ''[[Half Life]] 2'' is "The Seven-Hour War".
* The Psychlos of ''[[Battlefield Earth]]'' beat down humanity in about nine hours. Presumably all the mighty warriors responsible have since left to conquer other galaxies and left the dregs on this backwater; it's the only possible explanation.
* In the Strangereal continuity of the ''[[Ace Combat]]'' series, the Belkan war began on March 25, 1995 and would have ended with Belka's victory on April 2, if it were not for [[Spanner in
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