1.   Nevertheless, in the fourth century the Franks were also in close contact with the Romans, as allies and as recruits for the imperial forces.

2.   Imperial Japanese forces massacred millions of Chinese, conducted medical experiments on civilians and forced thousands of Korean and other women into sexual servitude to Japanese troops.

3.   This time the imperial forces were better prepared.

4.   China today still views the Boxer Rebellion as heroic resistance to imperial forces.

5.   China today still views the Boxer Rebellion as heroic resistance to imperial forces and the slain missionaries and Chinese Catholics as tools of the imperialists.

6.   I remember how propaganda materials were distributed regularly, boasting about the might of the Japanese imperial forces.

7.   They were allied with imperial Russian forces to subdue Chechen territory.

8.   Many Koreans and Taiwanese were drafted into the imperial forces while their countries were under Japanese rule.