The Martians have invaded, time to return the favor!

The Martians have invaded, time to return the favor!

Thursday, April 3, 2008

"LA FORCE PUBLIQUE"


"DE OPENBARE WEERMACHT" IN THE BELGIAN CONGO.

A. Organisation (1885-1918).

The term "Force Publique" was officially used for the first time in a paper dated 30th October 1885, whereby King Leopold II drew the outlines for the Congo Freestate. Actually, it was decided that a "departement C" from the Belgian Foreign Office would be responsable for the Force Publique, its artillery, weapons & ammo. However, the text does not indicate how this should be done in practice and did not change the actual situation.

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