Draft:German Capture of Moresnet

The German occupation of Moresnet was a German occupation that occurred during the First World War.

German Capture of Moresnet
Part of World War I
Location
Result German victory
Territorial
changes
Under German occupation until 1918
Belligerents
 German Empire Neutral Moresnet
Units involved
German Empire German 6th Army Moresnet had no official army

Occupation edit

The 6th Army occupied Moresnet within half an hour, on 4 August 1914.[1] In total 147 Moresnets died from war related causes.

Aftermath edit

according to the Treaty of Versailles of 1919, in Articles 32 and 33, Germany renounced its claims to this territory and it became part of Belgium.[2]

  1. ^ Defourny, Olivier. Moresnet neutre, deux cents ans plus tard
  2. ^ "Rome : May 11–June 9", The Second World War : Closing the Ring, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1951, doi:10.5040/9781472582201.ch-034, ISBN 978-1-472-58220-1, retrieved 2024-04-02