The German invasion of Belgium was a military campaign which began on 4 August 1914. On 24 July, the Belgian government had announced that if war came...
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Events from the year 1914 in Belgium. Monarch - Albert I Prime Minister: Charles de Broqueville May 24 May – Belgian general election, 1914 July 25 July – General...
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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...
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buildings in 837 communities in 1914 alone, and 1.5 million Belgians (20% of the entire population) fled from the invading German army.: 13 In some places...
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for the Belgian Army at the start of the German invasion of Belgium in August 1914. At the outbreak of World War I, the Belgian Army was in the middle...
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troops, the Belgian field army and the British Royal Naval Division in the Antwerp area, after the German invasion of Belgium in August 1914. The city,...
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Christmas truce (redirect from Christmas truce of 1914)
Yser Front, where German and Belgian troops faced each other in December 1914, a truce was arranged at the request of Belgian soldiers who wished to send...
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First Battle of Ypres (redirect from Ypres 1914)
October – 22 November 1914) was a battle of the First World War, fought on the Western Front around Ypres, in West Flanders, Belgium. The battle was part...
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following lists events that happened during 1914 in the Belgian Congo. Governor-general – Félix Fuchs Belgian Congo History of the Democratic Republic of...
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1914 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1914. Wikiquote has quotations...
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forces of the German Empire between 1914 and 1918. Beginning in August 1914 with the invasion of neutral Belgium, the country was almost completely overrun...
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Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the...
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during the German occupation of Belgium in World War I. They were based in Le Havre in northern France after October 1914. The first government, known as...
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Battle of Liège (category 1914 in Belgium)
The Battle of Liège (5–16 August 1914) was the opening engagement of the German invasion of Belgium and the first battle of the First World War. The city...
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commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces. The Belgian Armed Forces was established after Belgium became independent in October 1830. Since then, the Belgian armed...
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atrocities against civilians and prisoners of war had been committed in Belgium and France in 1914. The writers suggested that German military thinking assumed...
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Battle of the Yser (category 1914 in Belgium)
place in October 1914 between the towns of Nieuwpoort and Diksmuide, along a 35 km (22 mi) stretch of the Yser River and the Yperlee Canal, in Belgium. The...
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Sack of Dinant (redirect from The Sacking of Dinant (1914))
through Belgian territory. King Albert and his government refused to compromise Belgium's neutrality and territorial integrity. In August 1914, Dinant...
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elections were held in Belgium on 24 May 1914. The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 41 of the 88 seats up for election in the Chamber of...
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Battle of the Frontiers (category 1914 in Belgium)
1914. Moranville began planning for the concentration of the army and met Belgian railway officials on 29 July. The Belgian army was to be massed in central...
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Limburg and its large coalfields. Germany broke the treaty in 1914 when it invaded Belgium on 4 August and dismissed British protests over a "scrap of...
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eventful period in the history of Belgium, which included the period of World War I (1914–1918), when most of Belgium was occupied by German forces. Other...
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The 1914 Star, colloquially known as the Mons Star, is a British First World War campaign medal for service in France or Belgium between 5 August and 22...
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East Belgium (German: Ostbelgien [ˈɔstˌbɛlɡi̯ən] ), is one of the three federal communities of Belgium, with an area of 854 km2 (330 sq mi) in the Liège...
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Race to the Sea (category 1914 in Belgium)
between the German, French and Belgian armies, on the German-French frontier and in southern Belgium on 4 August 1914. The Battle of Mulhouse (Battle...
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Battle of Halen (redirect from Battle of Haelen (1914))
took place on 12 August 1914 at the beginning of the First World War, between German forces led by Georg von der Marwitz and Belgian troops led by Léon De...
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Battle of Charleroi (redirect from Battle of the Sambre (1914))
Operations in the Great War. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press. ISBN 978-1-874622-57-4. Edmonds, J. E. (1926). Military Operations France and Belgium 1914: Mons...
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The Belgium national football team has officially represented Belgium in men's international football since their maiden match in 1904. The squad is under...
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List of First World War Victoria Cross recipients (redirect from List of 1914 First World War Victoria Cross recipients)
627 recipients for action in the First World War (1914–1918). The Victoria Cross is a military decoration awarded for valor "in the face of the enemy" to...
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Medal is the Belgian variant of the Inter-Allied Victory Medal 1914–1918 (French: "Médaille de la Victoire 1914–1918, Dutch: "Zegemedaille 1914–1918") was...
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