Belgium and Northern France

Belgium and Northern France
Belgien und Nordfrankreich
Belgium and Northern France
territory under Military Administration of Germany

 

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Location of Belgium and Northern France
Capital Brussels
Military Commander
 - 1940 Gerd von Rundstedt
 - 1940-1944 Alexander von Falkenhausen
Administrator: Eggert Reeder
Historical era World War II
 - Military occupation 1940
 - Disestablished 1944

The Belgium and Northern France (Belgien und Nordfrankreich) was an Axis-occupied territory that included present-day Belgium and northern France. It was governed by an interim occupation authority known as the Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France (Militärverwaltung in Belgien und Nordfrankreich), which was established by Nazi Germany. It remained in existence until 1944, and the Nazi administration was assisted by fascist Flemish, Walloon, and French collaborationists. In binational Belgian territory, the predominantly French region of Wallonia, the collaborationist Rexists provided aide to the Nazis while in Flemish-populated Flanders, the Flemish National Union supported the Nazis. In Northern France, Flemish separatist tendencies were stirred by the pro-Nazi Vlaamsch Verbond van Frankrijk led by priest Jean-Marie Gantois.[1]

The attachment of the departments Nord and Pas-de-Calais to the military administration in Brussels was initially made on military considerations, and was supposedly done in preparation for the planned invasion of Britain.[2] Ultimately, the attachment was based on Hitler's intention to move the Reich's border westward, and was also used to maintain pressure on the Vichy regime - which protested the curtailment of its authority in what was still de jure national French territory - to ensure its good behavior.[3]

See Also

References

  1. ^ Kroener, Bernhard R.; Müller, Rolf-Dieter; Umbreit, Hans (2000). Germany and the Second World War:Organization and mobilization of the German sphere of power. Wartime administration, economy, and manpower resources 1939-1941. Oxford University Press. p84. ISBN 0198228872. 
  2. ^ Jackson, Julian (2003). France: the dark years, 1940-1944. Oxford University Press. pp169. ISBN 0199254575. 
  3. ^ Kroener et al. (2000), p. 84

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