Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a sovereign state in western Europe, which shares borders with France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. In the First World War, Belgium was partially occupied and became an integral part of the theatre of war known as the Western Front. 
During the Second World War, the country was invaded and subsequently occupied by Nazi Germany. The government escaped to Bordeaux in France, and then to London in the United Kingdom where it formed an official government in exile in October 1940. 
==Second World War==
=== Navy ===
*Corvettes:
**HMS Buttercup (Flower class)
**HMS Godetia (Flower class)
*Mineseweepers:
**HMS MMS 43 
**HMS MMS 75
**HMS MMS 79 	
**HMS MMS 112 	
**HMS MMS 191
**HMS MMS 182
**HMS MMS 187
**HMS M943 
**HMS M945 
**HMS M946
=== Army ===
*1st Belgian Infantry Brigade
*Force Publique
**1st Belgian Colonial Infantry Brigade
*57 Fusilier battalions were formed from late 1944
*5th Special Air Service (formerly Independent Belgian Parachute Company)
*No. 4 (Belgian) Troop, No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando
*No. 9 (Belgian) Troop, No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando
*No. 10 (Belgian) Troop, No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando
===Royal Air Force===
*No. 349 (Belgian) Squadron
*No. 350 (Belgian) Squadron
==People==
*Eddy Blondeel, commanding officer of 5 SAS
*Jean de Selys Longchamps, RAF pilot, died 16 August 1943
*Michel Donnet, RAF wing commander
*Jean-Baptiste Piron, commanding officer of 1st Infantry Brigade
*Remy Van Lierde, RAF flying ace
Category:Belgian military personnel