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Battles and operations of World War II involving Belgium

  • German invasion of Belgium (1940)A pacifist rally gathered in Heysel, near Brussels, in 1936. This scene captured the deep social fracture within Belgium regarding its defense policy.
  • Western Allied invasion of GermanyBy early 1945, events favored the Allied forces in Europe. On the Western Front, the Allies had been fighting in Germany with campaigns against the Siegfried…
  • East African campaign (World War II)On the 9th of May 1936, the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini proclaimed the formation of Italian East Africa from Ethiopia after the Second Italo-Abyssinian…