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The Belgian government ordered a general mobilisation on 31 July 1914. [9] During the early stages of the 1914 campaign, the military had a strength of nearly 220,000 men: 120,500 regular soldiers. [6] 65,000 reservists assigned to fortress units [6] 46,000 militia of the Garde Civique [6] 18,000 new volunteers. [6]
1918 American poster used to encourage the purchase of War Bonds. The history of Belgium in World War I traces Belgium's role between the German invasion in 1914, through the continued military resistance and occupation of the territory by German forces to the armistice in 1918, as well as the role it played in the international war effort ...
Battle of Halen, 12 August 1914. Contemporary Belgian depiction of the Battle of Halen. The Battle of Halen (Haelen) was fought by mounted and dismounted cavalry and other forces on 12 August 1914 between German forces, led by Georg von der Marwitz and Belgian forces, led by Lieutenant-General Léon de Witte.
German troops marching through the Belgian capital, Brussels, in 1914. The German occupation of Belgium (French: Occupation allemande, Dutch: Duitse bezetting) of World War I was a military occupation of Belgium by the forces of the German Empire between 1914 and 1918. Beginning in August 1914 with the invasion of neutral Belgium, the country ...
28th 'Northwest' Battalion Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment) aka. 'the Nor'westers'. Battles/wars. Amiens, Cambrai, the 'Pursuit to Mons'. Private George Lawrence Price (December 15, 1892 – November 11, 1918) was a Canadian soldier. He is traditionally recognized as the last soldier of the British Empire to be killed during the First ...
Location of the Province of West Flanders within Belgium Poppies in Flanders' fields. Several war memorials and war graves have been erected in the Belgian region Flanders to memorialize the events that took place there during World War I. By the end of 1914 the Western Front ran from Nieuwpoort on the North Sea Coast to the Swiss Border. After ...
World War II. When the 1st Cavalry Division was mobilized in late 1939, most of its regiments were at full strength. Two regiments of the 1st Cavalry Division (the 3rd Lancers regiment, and the 1st Cyclist regiment) left, weakening the division in 1940. The 1st Cavalry Division was positioned at the Belgian border near the Ardennes.
Fortified position of Liège. Coordinates. 50°47′49″N 5°40′52″E / 50.79694°N 5.68111°E / 50.79694; 5.68111. The fortified position of Liège (French: position fortifiée de Liège [PFL]) was established after the First World War by Belgium to block the traditional invasion corridor through Belgium between Germany and France.