Belgian Forces in Germany
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The Belgian Forces in Germany was the name of Belgium's army of occupation in West Germany after World War II. Lasting between 1946 and 2002, the army corps-strength FBA-BSD formed part of the NATO fo
Insignia with the badge of First Corps in the centre.
Belgian base near Eschweiler in 1969
Allied-occupied Germany
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The entirety of Germany was occupied and administered by the Allies of World War II, from the Berlin Declaration on 5 June 1945 to the establishment of West Germany on 23 May 1949. Nazi Germany was st
Belgian Forces in Germany
…In the aftermath of World War II, the Belgian Army of Occupation (Armée belge d'occupation, or ABO; Belgische Bezettingsleger, BBL) was deployed to Allied-occupied Germany alongside other forces from the former Western Allies. Belgian units were sent to the southernmost section of the British occupation zone in the region…
Royal Air Force's Malcolm Club in Schleswig, formerly the Stadt Hamburg Hotel in late 1945.
British armored car, at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, 1950.
French forces in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, 1946
The Supreme Commanders of the Four Powers on 5 June 1945 in Berlin: Bernard Montgomery, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Georgy Zhukov, and Jean de Lattre de Tassigny