Back الإدارة العسكرية في بلجيكا وشمال فرنسا Arabic Vojenská správa Belgie a severní Francie Czech Militärverwaltung in Belgien und Nordfrankreich German Administración Militar del Norte de Francia y Bélgica Spanish فرمانداری نظامی در بلژیک و شمال فرانسه Persian Administration militaire de la Belgique et du Nord de la France French Administrasi Militer Belgia dan Prancis Utara ID Amministrazione militare del Belgio e della Francia del nord Italian ドイツ占領下のベルギー・北フランス Japanese 벨기에 북프랑스 군정청 Korean

Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France

This article is about the World War II German military regime operating out of Brussels, the territory of which comprised the country of Belgium and the two French departments Nord and Pas-de-Calais. It is not to be confused with the separate military regime based in Paris, which included most of the remainder of German-occupied France, or with the Zone occupée.
Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France
Militärverwaltung Deutschlands in Belgien und Nordfrankreich (German)
Militaire administratie van Duitsland in België en Noord-Frankrijk (Dutch)
Administration Militaire Allemande en Belgique et du Nord de la France (French)
1940–1944
Location of Nazi-occupied Belgium and Northern France
German and Italian occupation zones: the zone occupée, the zone libre, the zone interdites, annexed Alsace-Lorraine, Luxembourg and Eupen-Malmédy, and the Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France
German and Italian occupation zones: the zone occupée, the zone libre, the zone interdites, annexed Alsace-Lorraine, Luxembourg and Eupen-Malmédy, and the Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France
StatusTerritory under German military administration
CapitalBrussels
Common languagesGerman
Dutch
French
Military Commander 
• 1940
Gerd von Rundstedt
• 1940–1944
Alexander von Falkenhausen
Administrator 
• 1940–1944
Eggert Reeder
Historical eraWorld War II
• Established
1940
• Disestablished
1944
CurrencyBelgian franc
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Belgium
French Third Republic
Reichskommissariat of Belgium and Northern France
Today part ofBelgium
France

The Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France (German: Militärverwaltung in Belgien und Nordfrankreich) was an interim occupation authority established during the Second World War by Nazi Germany that included present-day Belgium and the French departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais.[1] The administration was also responsible for governing the zone interdite, a narrow strip of territory running along the French northern and eastern borders.[2] It remained in existence until July 1944. Plans to transfer Belgium from the military administration to a civilian administration were promoted by the SS, and Hitler had been ready to do so until Autumn 1942, when he put off the plans for what was intended to be temporary but ended up being permanent until the end of German occupation.[3] The SS had suggested either Josef Terboven or Ernst Kaltenbrunner as the Reich Commissioner of the civilian administration.[4]

  1. ^ "Reichskommissariat Belgien und Nordfrankreich".
  2. ^ Vinen, Richard (2006). The Unfree French: Life under the Occupation (1st ed.). London: Allen Lane. pp. 105–6. ISBN 0-713-99496-7.
  3. ^ Kroener, Müller & Umbreit (2003) Germany and the Second World War V/II, p. 26
  4. ^ Kroener, Müller & Umbreit (2003) Germany and the Second World War V/II, p. 27

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