Editing Belgium

[[File:450px-Flag of Belgium.svg.png|thumb|200x200px|The flag of Belgium.]]

'''{{w|Belgium}}''' (officially known as the '''Kingdom of Belgium''') is a developed country in Western Europe. Its capital is {{w|Brussels}}.

Historically, Belgium existed in the area known as the {{w|Low Countries}}, a somewhat larger area than the current {{w|Benelux}} group of states that also included parts of Northern [[France]] and Western [[Germany]]. From the 16th century until the {{w|Belgian Revolution}} in 1830, when Belgium seceded from the [[Netherlands]], the area of Belgium served as the battleground between many European powers, causing it to be dubbed the "Battlefield of Europe", a reputation strengthened by both World Wars.

==Armed Forces==
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|[[File:Flag of the Belgian Land Component.svg|50px]]
|The '''{{w|Belgian Land Component}}''' is the main branch in the Belgian military responsible for ground operations and occupations.
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|[[File:Naval Ensign of Belgium.svg|50px]]
|The '''{{w|Belgian Navy|Belgian Maritime Component}}''' is a branch of the Belgian responsible for naval operations and movements in coordination with the Belgian Land and Air Components.
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|The '''{{w|Belgian Air Component}}''' is a branch of the Belgian military responsible for aerial operations, transportation and support.
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===Military Organizations===
These are the military organizations that Belgium was or is still a part of.
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|Belgium is a member state of '''[[NATO]]''', which is featured as a faction in its own right in the singleplayer mode of ''[[Battlefield 2: Modern Combat]]''. Belgium is presumably involved indirectly in this faction.
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|[[File:450px-Flag of Belgium.svg.png|50px]]
|Belgium was a member state of the '''Allied Forces''' during the [[World War I|First]] and [[World War II|Second World War]]. While they are never seen as one specific faction, they are represented as each individual nation.
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==Appearances==
====Battlefield 1942====
The map [[Battle of the Bulge]] takes place in Belgium, with the [[United States Army#Battlefield 1942|US Army]] engaging the [[Wehrmacht#Battlefield 1942|Wehrmacht]] in the Ardennes Forest in the winter of 1944-45.

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====Battlefield 1====
The military forces of Belgium do not appear in ''[[Battlefield 1]]'', however several maps take place within Belgium.

[[Zeebrugge]] and [[Passchendaele]] are set within Belgium. More specifically, they are set in the West Flanders region and pit the [[British Army#Battlefield 1|British]] against the [[Imperial German Army|German Empire]].

On [[Zeebrugge]], the [[Royal Marines]] take part of the famous {{w|Zeebrugge Raid}}, with the goal to occupy the canal and prevent [[Imperial German Army|German]] ships and U-Boats from leaving port. Likewise, the [[British Army#Battlefield 1|British Army]] fights the [[Imperial German Army|Germans]] at the completely obliterated village of [[Passchendaele]], during the infamous {{w|Battle of Passchendaele|Third Battle of Ypres}}.

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====Battlefield V====
[[Panzerstorm]] takes place during the initial {{w|Battle of Belgium|invasion of Belgium}} in May 1940, with the [[British Army#Battlefield V|United Kingdom]] fighting against [[Wehrmacht#Battlefield V|Germany]].

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