Draft:German Capture of Moresnet

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The German occupation of Moresnet was a German occupation that occurred during the First World War.

German Capture of Moresnet
Part of World War I
Location
Result German victory
Territorial
changes
Under German occupation until 1918
Belligerents
 German Empire Neutral Moresnet
Units involved
German Empire German 6th Army Moresnet had no official army

Occupation[edit]

The 6th Army occupied Moresnet within half an hour, on 4 August 1914.[1] In total 147 Moresnets died from war related causes.

Aftermath[edit]

according to the Treaty of Versailles of 1919, in Articles 32 and 33, Germany renounced its claims to this territory and it became part of Belgium.[2]

  1. ^ Defourny, Olivier. Moresnet neutre, deux cents ans plus tard
  2. ^ "Rome : May 11–June 9", The Second World War : Closing the Ring, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1951, doi:10.5040/9781472582201.ch-034, ISBN 978-1-472-58220-1, retrieved 2024-04-02