Author: Larry Zuckerman
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 9780814797044
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476
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The author presents a compelling and untold story of Germany's occupation of Belgium after WW1. It's a great, trade history book from a wonderful storyteller.
Author: Frank Fox
Publisher: Uniform Press
ISBN: 9781910500859
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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At the start of World War I, King Albert of Belgium refused the German army safe passage through Belgium to France, a defiance that was a key moment in the beginning of the war. Albert then took command of the relatively new and untested Belgian Army, and The Agony of Belgium recounts the army's bravery and resilience in the face of the challenges to come. The Agony of Belgium reveals the courageous and noble qualities of King Albert, whether at the Front as an active Commander-in-Chief; with his people during Zeppelin raids and artillery bombardments at Antwerp; declining refuge in France after the retreat from Ostend; or rallying his troops. This unique account of a part of the war often overlooked will be of significant interest to military scholars and historians.
Author: Frank Fox
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Belgium
Languages : en
Pages : 370
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Author: Mary Thorp
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190276703
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 289
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Mary Thorp, an English governess working for a Belgian-Russian family in German-occupied Brussels, kept a secret war diary from September 1916 to January 1919. This long-forgotten diary sheds light on an important aspect of the First World War: civilian life under military occupation in a transnational conflict.
Author: Jean-Michel Veranneman
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1526716623
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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A historian and former Belgian diplomat sheds light on the country’s tumultuous experience during WWI. In August of 1914, the German Empire invaded neutral Belgium in order to outflank the defenses of the French army. Yet the Belgian army resisted, managing to hold a small part of unoccupied Belgian territory north of Ypres until the Armistice of 1918. Because of their heroic defense, Belgium and its King enjoyed enormous international prestige after the war. Occupied Belgium suffered civilian executions and severe destruction. It was widely stripped of its highly developed industrial infrastructure. It was saved from starvation by food shipments from the United States which came in via neutral Holland. Four and a half years later, Belgium emerged a different country with experiences that would leave a lasting on its spirit as well as wide-ranging political implications.
Author: Sister Marie Antoine
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Author: Richard Grasshoff
Publisher:
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Category : Neutrality
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Author: Léon van der Essen
Publisher: London : T.F. Unwin
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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Author: Thomas Paul Odom
Publisher:
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Category : Belgium
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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Author: Ronald Pawly
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1780964056
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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While small in numbers, the Belgian Army played a vital role in World War 1 that is often overlooked. Germany's invasion of neutral Belgium, which led Britain to declare war in August 1914, should have been swift and fierce yet the unexpected heroic defence, against great odds, of Belgian fortresses, frustrated the German Schlieffen Plan for a thrust to Paris and a lightning victory. The plucky Belgian resistance proved successful in buying time for French and British troops to mobilize and report to the front, where the Belgians would then go on to fight, stubbornly defending the northern end of the Allied trench line for the rest of the war. Discover the story of this determined Army, from their organization and commanders, to their uniforms and equipment. The only main combatant army of World War I not previously covered by Osprey, this volume will be an important addition to any enthusiast's collection, accompanied by detailed artwork and archive photographs.
