Languages Dutch, French, German 1918–1820 Léon Delacroix (first) Legislature Federal Parliament Founded 1918 Date dissolved 1940 | 1934-1940 (continued in exile) Leopold III 1939–1940 (continued in exile) Hubert Pierlot (last) Capital City of Brussels Currency Belgian franc | |
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Government Constitutional monarchy | ||
Belgium during the interwar period refers to the period between the end of World War I in 1918 and the invasion and occupation of Belgium by Nazi Germany in World War II in 1940. Belgium was occupied by the Germans, except for a small area behind the Yser river, here king Albert I stayed at La Panne. Belgium regained its lost territories with the Armistice of 1918 and the withdrawal of German forces under Governor-general Ludwig Freiherr von Falkenhausen. Belgium received the territory of Eupen-Malmedy from Germany in the Treaty of Versailles and also received the colony of Ruanda-Urundi from the former German colonial empire.
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