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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Paris Gun (category World War I railway artillery of Germany)
Big Bertha, the German howitzer used against Belgian forts in the Battle of Liège in 1914; indeed, the French called them by this name as well. They...
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Commons has media related to Liège. Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Liège. Official website of the city of Liège Liège congres Archived 15 July 2006...
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a week at Liège, delaying the German invasion of France, caused Belgium to consider a similar defensive strategy. Belgium rebuilt the Liège fortifications...
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Erich Ludendorff (category Grand Crosses of the Order of the Cross of Liberty)
due to his previous work investigating defenses of Liège, Belgium. At the beginning of the Battle of Liège, Ludendorff was an observer with the 14th Brigade...
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in force on 20 August 1914 and used the experience gained from the Battle of Liège (4–16 August). The Germans did not attempt a coup de main but waited...
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Liège Airport, the airport of the city of Liège Liège (Paris Métro), a subway station in Paris Battle of Liège, the first battle of World War I Liège...
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Fort de Loncin (category Fortified position of Liège)
is one of twelve forts built around Liège, Belgium, in the late 19th century. The overall Fortified Position of Liège was a constituent part of the country's...
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frontier and attacked Liège. The Battle of Liège was the primary engagement in the German invasion of Belgium and the first battle of World War I. The attack...
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Army, had concluded from the swift capture of the Belgian fortresses at the Battle of Liège and at the Siege of Namur in 1914 that fortifications had been...
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trench line stretching from one end of Europe to the other. 1914 Battle of Liège The Battle of Liège was the first battle of the war, and could be considered...
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Gérard Leman (category Military personnel from Liège)
military education of King Albert I of Belgium. During World War I he was the commander of the forts surrounding the Belgian city of Liège. The German Forces...
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were absorbed into the province of Liège. In World War II, Liège was the site of major fighting during the Battle of the Bulge. There, the Germans orchestrated...
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Big Bertha (howitzer) (category World War I artillery of Germany)
August, the 1st Army arrived near Liège, Belgium, the first objective of the Schlieffen Plan and began the Battle of Liège. Although German troops entered...
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modernized to address shortcomings exposed during the 1914 Battle of Liège and the short siege of Namur. While the Namur defenses continued nominally to deter...
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Fort de Pontisse (category Fortified position of Liège)
is one of twelve forts built around Liège, Belgium, in the late 19th century. The overall Fortified Position of Liège was a constituent part of the country's...
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The Wars of Liège were a series of three rebellions by the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, in the town of Liège in modern-day Belgium, against the expanding...
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Liège, Belgium. It was originally known in France as a café viennois (French for 'Viennese coffee'). However, during World War I, the Battle of Liège...
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[ʁɔkuʁ] ; Walloon: Rôcou) is a sub-municipality of the city of Liège located in the province of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. It was a separate municipality...
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arms of the city of Liège on one of the two entrances. The ceramics on the two platforms are the work of two scenographers from Liège, Marie-Claire Van...
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Baedeker (category Book publishing companies of Germany)
academia and rose to become a professor of physics at the University of Jena. He was killed in action at the Battle of Liège in August 1914. It was his son Karl...
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confusion rage at the stubborn and at first successful defense of Liège during the Battle of Liège rage at Belgian resistance at all, not seen as a people entitled...
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Citadel of Liège (French: Citadelle de Liège) was the central fortification of the strategic Belgian city of Liège, Wallonia, until the end of the 19th...
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Marne Karl von Bülow - Commander of the 2nd Army at the Battle of Liège and Siege of Namur and was blamed for the failure of capturing Paris in 1914 Georg...
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of Liège, started on 18 August 1789 and lasted until the destruction of the Republic of Liège and re-establishment of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège by...
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Western Front (World War I) (redirect from Western Front of World War I)
opposition on 2 August. The first battle in Belgium was the Battle of Liège, a siege that lasted from 5–16 August. Liège was well fortified and surprised...
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Bastille Day (redirect from National Day of France)
resistance during the Battle of Liège. The city also hosts a fireworks show outside of Congress Hall. Specifically in Liège, celebrations of Bastille Day have...
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made classical fortifications useless in modern warfare. In 1914, the Battle of Liège, in which the German Army broke through fortifications also designed...
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Skoda 305 mm Model 1911 (category World War I artillery of Austria-Hungary)
destroy the rings of Belgian fortresses around Liege (Battle of Liège), Namur (Fortified Position of Namur) and Antwerp (Forts Koningshooikt, Kessel and...
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Otto von Emmich (category Military personnel from the Province of Westphalia)
forts of Liège and securing the invasion roads into Belgium for the regular German armies. The Battle of Liège began shortly after the morning of 5 August...
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