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After World War I the airfield was occupied by Belgian and French military forces. in 1925 the hangars were taken apart and transported to Belgium. After the occupying forces had left the city of Krefeld took control over the airfield as a civil airport, and on 2 February 1926, the first German civil aircraft landed at the airfield.
In 1872 Krefeld became an independent city within Rhenish Prussia. In 1918 during the First World War the Belgian Army used it as a base during the occupation of the Rhineland. In 1929 Krefeld and Uerdingen merged to form Krefeld-Uerdingen; in 1940 the name was shortened to simply Krefeld.
World War I: 1914–1918: Weimar Republic: 1918–1933: Nazi Germany ... By the 8th century the Frankish dominion was firmly established in most of western Germany ...
World War I museums in Germany (3 P) Pages in category "World War I sites in Germany" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
The regiment took part in World War I as part of the 9th Cavalry Division. Initially at the Western Front, in late 1914 it was moved to the Eastern Front where it remained for the rest of the conflict (mostly in the region of Polesie). Dismounted in 1916, the regiment was disbanded along with the rest of the division in early March 1918.
Strategic bombing during World War I (1914–1918) German bombing of Paris during First World War; German bombing of Britain (1914–1918) Bombing of London during the First World War. Operation Turk's Cross (1916) Harvest moon offensive (1917) Arrival of the Giants (1917) Fire plan (1917) Whitsun Raid (1918) Tipton Zeppelin raid (1916)
The Origins of World War I (2003), pp 150–87. Herwig, Holger H. The First World War: Germany and Austria-Hungary 1914–1918 (1997) pp 6–74. Herweg, Holger H., and Neil Heyman. Biographical Dictionary of World War I (1982). Hewitson, Mark. "Germany and France before the First World War: a reassessment of Wilhelmine foreign policy."
World War I Allied propaganda poster showing German expansionist ambitions. The only territory that Germany annexed during the First World War was the German-Belgian-Dutch condominium Neutral Moresnet. Since 1914, Germany occupied the territory, and on 27 June 1915, it was annexed as part of Prussia.