Ministry of Defence (Belgium)
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The Ministry of Defence, formerly called the Ministry of War and Ministry of National Defence, is the Belgian ministry responsible for national defence and the Belgian military. Belgium's ministry of defence is responsible to the Minister of Defence.
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Belgian Armed Forces
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The Belgian Armed Forces is the national military of Belgium. The King of the Belgians is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces. The Belgian Armed Forces was established after Belgium became independent in October 1830. Since then, the Belgian armed forces have fought in World War I, World War II, the Cold War, Kosovo, Rwanda, Somalia and Afghanistan. The Armed Forces comprise five branches: the Land Component, the Air Component, the Naval Component, the Medical Component and the Cyber Component.
Soldiers of the Corps Expeditionnaire Belge during the Franco-Mexican War
A Belgian machine gun team, 1914
Belgian carabiniers defending Liège in August 1914
Fort Eben-Emael was part of the Fortified Position of Liège and was completed in 1935.