Demilitarized zone
A demilitarized zone is an area of land that has no military forces in it. This is usually to stop armies from fighting.
The most famous demilitarized zone is the Korean Demilitarized Zone on the land between North Korea and South Korea, Åland Islands, and Antarctica. No one can go into the Demilitarized Zone, so the wildlife is well preserved. There are thousands of soldiers and weapons on each side of the Demilitarized Zone, including to this day a massive American presence.
The Rhineland was also demilitarized from the end of World War I until 1936, when Adolf Hitler remilitarized it.
Demilitarized Zone Media
The mission of UNCMAC is to supervise the Military Armistice Agreement between the two Koreas along the 151 mile Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).
The Korean Demilitarized Zone incorporates territory on both sides of the ceasefire line as it existed at the end of the Korean War (1950–53).
The UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus marks the southernmost points that the Turkish troops occupied during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in August 1974.
Historical map of the promontory of Gibraltar.
The Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Vietnam in 1969
Turkish and American soldiers provide security for a joint ground patrol in the Northern Syria Buffer Zone, 24 September 2019
