Military Administration in Belgium and Northern 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. The administration was also responsible for governing the zone interdite, a narrow strip of territory running along the French northern and eastern borders. 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. The SS had suggested either Josef Terboven or Ernst Kaltenbrunner as the Reich Commissioner of the civilian administration.

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
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
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