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List of wars in the Low Countries until 1560 – includes wars on the present territory of Belgium until 1560.; List of wars in the southern Low Countries (1560–1829) – includes wars on the present territory of Belgium, including the Southern Netherlands (Spanish Netherlands & Austrian Netherlands), the Principality of Liège, the Princely Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy, the Prince-Bishopric of ...
The region of Eupen-Malmedy was given to Belgium in the aftermath of the First World War. (The former German city of Malmedy and the surrounding villages are Walloon and therefore are not part of the German-speaking Community.) The territory consists of two parts with a total area of about 850 km 2 (330 sq mi).
Several underground explosive charges were fired during the First World War at the start of the Battle of Messines (7–14 June 1917).The battle was fought by the British Second Army (General Sir Herbert Plumer) and the German 4th Army (General Friedrich Sixt von Armin) near Mesen (Messines in French, also used in English and German) in Belgian West Flanders.
German invasion with attendant atrocities: beginning of Belgian involvement in the First World War. 1918: 11 November: Armistice ends First World War. 1919: 16 November: Belgian general election, 1919: 1920: 14 August to 12 September: 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp. 1921: June: Crown Prince Hirohito's official visit to Belgium. [163] [164 ...
28 January – Aloïs Biebuyck, officer in the First World War; 23 February – Leo Baekeland, chemical engineer; 3 March – Paul-Émile Janson, liberal politician (Buchenwald concentration camp) 21 March – Pierre de Caters, aviator; 12 April – Emmanuel de Blommaert, Olympic rider; 10 May – Adolphe De Meulemeester, colonial official
The War Office did not treat the threat of invasion seriously until the collapse of France in May 1940. The Secret Intelligence Service had, however, been making plans for this eventuality since February 1940, creating the core of a secret resistance network across the country. This remained in existence until at least 1943 and comprised both ...
A climate apocalypse is a term used to denote a predicted scenario involving the global collapse of human civilization due to climate change. Such collapse could theoretically arrive through a set of interrelated concurrent factors such as famine, extreme weather, war and conflict, and disease. [1]
The invasion of Belgium or Belgian campaign [2] (10–28 May 1940), often referred to within Belgium as the 18 Days' Campaign (French: Campagne des 18 jours; Dutch: Achttiendaagse Veldtocht), formed part of the larger Battle of France, an offensive campaign by Germany during the Second World War.