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The strength of the Belgian Army extended to seven Corps, a Cavalry Corps and several ad hoc units and fortresses. In the following overview, the position of each division at the start of hostilities on May 10, 1940 is given in parentheses. I Corps - Lieutenant-General Alexis Vander Veken
5 June (German: Der 5.Juni) (1942) – Nazi German war film depicting the events of 1940 when German forces successfully invaded France [68]; Adventurer (Swedish: En äventyrare) (1942) – Swedish historical adventure film loosely based on the life of the seventeenth century writer Lars Wivallius [69]
Pages in category "Belgian World War II films" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
A retractable gun turret at Fort Ében-Émael. On 10 May 1940, Germany launched Fall Gelb ("Plan Yellow"), the invasion of the Low Countries and France. By attacking through the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium, the German Oberkommando der Wehrmacht planned to outflank the Maginot Line, and advance through southern Belgium and into northern France, cutting off the British Expeditionary ...
1940 Army May - June 1940 600,000 - 650,000 Free Belgian Forces: 1940–1944 ca. 8,000 Belgian Army 1944–1945 June 1944 – May 1945 ca. 100,000 SS volunteers April 1941 – May 1945 ca. 15,000 SS figures from Kenneth Estes A European Anabasis.
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.
200,000 Belgian military prisoners of war, who had been captured in 1940, were also transported to Germany. [27] Most were used as forced labour and paid only a nominal sum. [46] About 80,000 (mainly Flemish) prisoners were returned to Belgium between late 1940 and 1941, [27] but many remained in captivity until the end of the war. They were ...
10 January – Mechelen incident: German military plane crashes near Maasmechelen. [2]: 847 26 April – King Leopold III rejects the government's resignation. [2]: 847 10 to 28 May – Battle of Belgium. 10 to 11 May – Battle of Fort Eben-Emael; 12 to 14 May – Battle of Hannut; 14 to 15 May – Battle of Gembloux