Belgium

Belgium is a small country in northwestern Europe.

Belgium shares borders with France, Germany, and the Netherlands and is a traditional ally of Britain.

Beligum in Southern Victory
German general Alfred von Schleiffen's plan for invading France, the strategy Germany used in the Great War, called for the violation of Belgian neutrality. Belgium therefore became a member of the Entente, but it was overrun and occupied by Germany early in the Great War.

Belgium remained under German military occupation for the period between the wars much the way Canada remained occupied by the US Army. Anglo-French forces drove the Germans out of Belgium in 1941 and were greeted as liberators by the population. The Germans began reconquering Belgium from the Entente in late 1943.

Belgium in Worldwar
Belgium was conquered by Germany and absorbed into the Greater German Reich at the beginning of World War II, shortly before the arrival of the Race's Conquest Fleet. Under the terms of the Peace of Cairo, it was recognized as German territory.