 After the Allied victory in Abyssinia the Force Publique moved to the British colony of Nigeria , which was being used as a staging ground for a planned invasion of Vichy @-@ controlled Dahomey which did not occur , was also garrisoned by 13 @,@ 000 Congolese troops . Then a part of the Force Publique went to Egypt and British Mandatory Palestine and was redesignated the 1st Belgian Congo Brigade Group during 1943 and 1944 . 
