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→‎[[WP:LEAD|Lede]]: was a commissariat, not a country
Undid revision 636725076 by Nug (talk) I certainly agree that it was not a country, but it wasn't really a "government agency" either and the first infobox seems more suitable to content. Discuss?
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{{Infobox government agency
{{Infobox Former Country
|agency_name = Reichskommissariat of Belgium and Northern France
| native_name = Reichskommissariat<br/>Belgien-Nordfrankreich
| conventional_long_name =
|type = [[Reichskommissariat]]
|nativename = Reichskommissariat<br/>Belgien-Nordfrankreich
| common_name = Belgien-Nordfrankreich
| continent = Europe
|logo = Reichsadler der Deutsches Reich (1933–1945).svg
| region = Western Europe
| formed = {{Start date|1940}}
| country = [[Belgium]], [[France]]
| dissolved = {{End date|1944}}
| superseding =
| era = World War II
| status = Client
| jurisdiction = Occupied territory of [[Belgium]] and part of [[France]]
| status_text = [[Reichskommissariat]] of [[Nazi Germany|Germany]]
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| headquarters = [[Brussels]]
| empire = Nazi Germany
| agency_type = Civilian occupation adminstration
| government_type = Civil administration
| minister1_name =
| event_start = Führer Decree
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| chief1_name = [[Josef Grohé]]
| date_start = 12 July
| parent_department =
| parent_agency =
| year_start = 1944
| event1 = Allied liberation
| footnotes =
| date_event1 = begins September 1944
|map =
| event_end = Annexation to [[Nazi Germany|Germany]]
|map_caption =
| date_end = December
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}}
| year_end = 1944
| p1 = Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France
| flag_p1 = War Ensign of Germany 1938-1945.svg
| s1 = Kingdom of Belgium
| flag_s1 = Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
| s2 = Provisional Government of the French Republic
| flag_s2 = Flag of France.svg
| image_flag = Flag of German Reich (1935–1945).svg
| flag = List of German flags
| image_coat = Reichsadler.svg
| symbol_type = Emblem
| symbol = Coat of arms of Germany
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| capital = Brussels
| common_languages = [[German language|German]] <small>(administration)</small><br/>[[Dutch language|Dutch]]<br/>[[French language|French]]
| currency = [[Belgian franc]]
| title_leader = ''[[Reichskommissar]]''
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| leader1 = Josef Grohé
| year_leader1 = 1944
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}}


The '''''Reichskommissariat'' of Belgium and Northern France''' was a [[Nazi Germany|German]] civil administration (''Zivilverwaltung'') which governed [[German occupation of Belgium during World War II|German-occupied Belgium]] during [[World War II]]. The ''[[Reichskommissariat]]'' replaced an earlier military government, the [[Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France]], established in the same territory in 1940. On 18 July 1944, the first [[Gauleiter]], [[Josef Grohé]], was named the first ''[[Reichskommissar]]'' of the territory, known as the ''Reichskommissariat Belgien und Nordfrankreich'' or ''Reichskommissariat für die besetzten Gebiete von Belgien und Nordfrankreich''.<ref name="ab">http://territorial.de/belgnord/reikobel.htm</ref><ref>Kroener, Müller & Umbreit (2003) ''Germany and the Second World War V/II'', p. 29</ref>
The '''''Reichskommissariat'' of Belgium and Northern France''' was a [[Nazi Germany|German]] civil administration (''Zivilverwaltung'') which governed [[German occupation of Belgium during World War II|German-occupied Belgium]] during [[World War II]]. The ''[[Reichskommissariat]]'' replaced an earlier military government, the [[Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France]], established in the same territory in 1940. On 18 July 1944, the first [[Gauleiter]], [[Josef Grohé]], was named the first ''[[Reichskommissar]]'' of the territory, known as the ''Reichskommissariat Belgien und Nordfrankreich'' or ''Reichskommissariat für die besetzten Gebiete von Belgien und Nordfrankreich''.<ref name="ab">http://territorial.de/belgnord/reikobel.htm</ref><ref>Kroener, Müller & Umbreit (2003) ''Germany and the Second World War V/II'', p. 29</ref>

Revision as of 10:06, 5 December 2014

Reichskommissariat
Belgien-Nordfrankreich
1944–1944
StatusReichskommissariat of Germany
CapitalBrussels
Common languagesGerman (administration)
Dutch
French
GovernmentCivil administration
Reichskommissar 
• 1944
Josef Grohé
Historical eraWorld War II
• Führer Decree
12 July 1944
• Allied liberation
begins September 1944
• Annexation to Germany
December 1944
CurrencyBelgian franc
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France
Kingdom of Belgium
Provisional Government of the French Republic

The Reichskommissariat of Belgium and Northern France was a German civil administration (Zivilverwaltung) which governed German-occupied Belgium during World War II. The Reichskommissariat replaced an earlier military government, the Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France, established in the same territory in 1940. On 18 July 1944, the first Gauleiter, Josef Grohé, was named the first Reichskommissar of the territory, known as the Reichskommissariat Belgien und Nordfrankreich or Reichskommissariat für die besetzten Gebiete von Belgien und Nordfrankreich.[1][2]

The territory was mostly liberated by the Allies in September 1944, so the existence of the territory was extremely short lived. Following the liberation, the territory was retrospectively annexed directly into Germany (although no longer under de facto German control) as three separate Reichsgaue: Reichsgau Flandern, Wallonien and the Brussels district

References

  1. ^ http://territorial.de/belgnord/reikobel.htm
  2. ^ Kroener, Müller & Umbreit (2003) Germany and the Second World War V/II, p. 29

Bibliography

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