Editing Luxembourg Armed Forces (section)

=== Post-liberation ===
Conscription was introduced in Luxembourg for the first time in November 1944.<ref name=NATO1>{{cite web |title=Le Luxembourg et l'OTAN |url=https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/declassified_162355.htm |website=NATO Declassified |publisher=[[NATO]] |access-date=20 September 2022}}</ref> In 1945, the {{lang|fr|[[Corps de la Garde Grand Ducale]]}} (Grand Ducal Guard Corps) garrisoned in the Saint-Esprit barracks in [[Luxembourg City]] and the 1st and 2nd infantry battalions were established, one in [[Walferdange]] and the other in [[Dudelange]]. The Luxembourg Armed Forces took charge of part of the [[French occupation zone in Germany]], the 2nd Battalion occupying part of the [[Bitburg]] district and a detachment from the 1st Battalion part of the [[Saarburg]] district. The 2nd Battalion remained in Bitburg until 1955.<ref name="debut19441954"/> The strength of the army rose to 2,150 men.<ref name=NATO1/> Luxembourg signed the [[Treaty of Brussels]] in March 1948, and the [[North Atlantic Treaty]] in 1949.<ref name="debut19441954">{{cite web |url=https://www.armee.lu/historique/l-armee-luxembourgeoise-apres-la-liberation-1944-1967/les-debuts-de-1944-1954 |title=Les débuts de 1944-1954 |language=fr |publisher=Lëtzebuerger Arméi |access-date=17 March 2020}}</ref>

Setting up an army after the war proved more difficult than predicted.<ref name=":5">{{Cite book |title=Histoire du Luxembourg |language=fr |trans-title=History of Luxembourg |last=Trausch |first=Gilbert |publisher=Hatier |year=1992 |isbn=2-218-03855-2 |pages=186}}</ref> To a certain extent, the authorities could rely on escaped German conscripts and Luxembourgers who had joined Allied armies;<ref name=":5" /> however, they had to find a way to train officers. Initially, British military advisers came to Luxembourg, where training was carried out by British officers and NCOs.<ref name=":5" /> But officer training, in the long term, would have to be done in military schools abroad. Belgium and France were both interested in helping and offered solutions.<ref name=":5" /> In the end, the government opted for a compromise solution, by sending some officer cadets to the {{lang|fr|[[École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr]]}} in France and others to the [[Royal Military Academy (Belgium)|Royal Military Academy]] in Belgium. This eventually led to disunity within the Luxembourg officer corps due to differences in training and promotion.<ref name=":5" />

In 1951, the Grand Ducal Guard relocated to [[Walferdange]] and integrated with the {{lang|fr|Commandement des Troupes}}. The Guard had special units for reconnaissance, radiac reconnaissance, and anti-air warfare. From 1955, it was organised into a headquarters company, a garrison platoon, a reconnaissance company and two training companies. In 1959, the {{lang|fr|Commandement des Troupes}} was disbanded and the Grand Ducal Guard was integrated into the {{lang|fr|Commandement du Territoire}} (Territorial Command). The force was reduced to a single company, a corporals' training school, and a weapons platoon. In 1960, the Grand Ducal Guard was again reorganised into four platoons, temporarily grouped into intervention and reinforcement detachments. In 1964, the Grand Ducal Guard was organized into a HQ, three platoons, a reinforcement platoon, and the NCO school.{{citation needed|reason= information should come from a credible source|date= March 2017}} On 28 February 1966, the Grand Ducal Guard was officially disbanded.