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General Government of Belgium
1914–1918 German military administration / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Imperial German General Government of Belgium (German: Kaiserliches Deutsches Generalgouvernement Belgien) was a German Army occupation administration which administered one of the three separate occupation zones established in German-occupied Belgium during the First World War.
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Imperial German General Government of Belgium | |||||||||
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1914–1918 | |||||||||
![]() Map of the whole area under German occupation, c.1916 of which the General Government was part. | |||||||||
Capital | Brussels | ||||||||
Common languages | German Dutch French | ||||||||
Religion | Catholic Protestantism Judaism | ||||||||
Government | Occupation authority | ||||||||
Historical era | World War I | ||||||||
• Established | 26 August 1914 | ||||||||
• Armistice, withdrawal of German forces | 11 November 1918 | ||||||||
Currency | Belgian franc German Papiermark | ||||||||
ISO 3166 code | BE | ||||||||
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Today part of | Belgium France |
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