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  2. Belgium in World War I - Wikipedia

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    "The Commission for Relief in Belgium and the Political Diplomatic History of the First World War," Diplomacy and Statecraft (2010) 21#4 pp 593–613. Fox, Sir Frank. The Agony of Belgium The Invasion of Belgium in WWI August–December 1914 (2nd Edition Beaumont Fox, 2015), Summary of book Archived 2018-08-04 at the Wayback Machine; Review of ...

  3. German invasion of Belgium (1914) - Wikipedia

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    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 it would uphold its neutrality. The Belgian government mobilised its armed forces on 31 July and a state of heightened alert (Kriegsgefahr) was proclaimed in Germany.

  4. German occupation of Belgium during World War I - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. German atrocities of 1914 - Wikipedia

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    Monument to the 674 civilian casualties of Dinant's "Teutonic fury" on August 23, 1914, including 116 shot on this site.. From August 5 to 26, 1914, the Imperial German Army put more than 5,000 civilians under fire in a hundred Walloon villages and destroyed more than 15,000 houses, including 600 in Visé and 1,100 in Dinant, which represents 70% of the destruction carried out in France and ...

  6. Rape of Belgium - Wikipedia

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    The Rape of Belgium: The Untold Story of World War I by Larry Zuckerman; Rehearsals: The German Army in Belgium, August 1914 by Jeff Lipkes; German Atrocities 1914: A History of Denial by John Horne and Alan Kramer. [34] Schuldfragen. Belgischer Untergrundkrieg und deutsche Vergeltung im August 1914 by Ulrich Keller

  7. History of Belgium - Wikipedia

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    Their goal was building the blocks for a general history of the Austrian Netherlands, thus marking an important step toward the creation of a Belgian national history. [163] Since Belgium became an independent nation only in 1830, defining nationhood was a special issue for the historians of the late 19th century.

  8. Sack of Louvain - Wikipedia

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    The Sack of Louvain was the German assault on the Belgian town of Leuven (French: Louvain), part of the events collectively known as the Rape of Belgium, taking place during the First World War. Over the course of several days of pillaging and brutality, 248 people were killed and 1,500 were deported to Germany where they were held at the ...

  9. German entry into World War I - Wikipedia

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    Germany, facing a two-front war, enacted what was known as the Schlieffen Plan, which involved German armed forces needing to move through Belgium and swing south into France and towards the French capital of Paris. This plan aimed to gain a quick victory against the French and allow German forces to concentrate on the Eastern Front.