BELGIUM IN THE GREAT WAR
BELGIUM IN THE GREAT WAR In August 1914, the German Empire invaded neutral Belgium in order to outflank the defenses of the French army. Because of their heroic defense, Belgium and its King, Albert…
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BELGIUM IN THE GREAT WAR
In August 1914, the German Empire invaded neutral Belgium in order to outflank the defenses of the French army. Because of their heroic defense, Belgium and its King, Albert I enjoyed enormous international prestige after the war. Unexpectedly, the Belgian army resisted and fought on, holding a small part of unoccupied Belgian territory north of Ypres, alongside the British and French armies, until the Armistice of 1918.
It was saved from starvation by food shipments from the United States which came in via neutral Holland.Belgium emerged from four and a half years of complete turmoil a different country and the experiences would Its colonial army conquered part of German East Africa out of the Congo.Occupied Belgium suffered executions of civilians, severe destruction and was widely stripped of its industrial infrastructure, which was one of the most developed in the world.
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