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	Siege of Antwerp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As the Belgian army was ill-prepared and outnumbered by the better-armed and more numerous German troops, the Belgian army had to relinquish control of the strongholds of Liège (which fell on August 16) and Namur, which fell into the hands of the Germans on August 24.
		October 5 was a crucial date during the Siege of Antwerp; the German army broke through the Belgian defences in the town of Lier, 20 kilometers southeast of Antwerp and moved on to the town of Dendermonde (south of Antwerp) where it attempted to cross the river Scheldt.
		Belgian forces fled westwards towards the coast on October 6 eventually stopping the German advance on the banks of the river Yser.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Siege_of_Antwerp (573 words)

	"Belgian neutrality before the Great War"
		Belgian politics and public opinion were, in the years immediately before the war, very pro-German.
		The Belgian army in July 1914 was approximately 190,000 strong.
		The field army numbered some 118,000 men of all arms, of which 14,000 were regular professional soldiers, and the rest had or were serving obligatory national service, including being available in reserve.
	belgianarmy.freeservers.com /neutrality.htm (2739 words)

	First World War.com - Feature Articles - Brave Little Belgium - Retreat To The Gete
		Armies to swing through Belgium towards the French border, with the von Schlieffen intention to encircle Paris to the North.
		The rest of the Belgian army was repositioned to defend the north of the country, to stem the German advance.
		Army under Von Bulow, to march on French troops between the Sambre and Meuse.
	www.firstworldwar.com /features/retreat.htm (2004 words)

	The Belgian khaki uniform 1915-1918 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The type of the Belgian Army overcoat remained about the same as in 1914, but now in the khaki color instead of the former dark blue.
		Turkish Mauser rifle, spoils of war taken by the British Army in the Dardanelles Campaign and given to the Belgian Army as it had the same ammunition 7.65 mm.
		Belgian uniforms were mainly fabricated in workshops in Paris, but also in the United States or England.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Camp/4403/Militaria.html (1036 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Belgium checks 'Toy Army' claims
		The Belgian armed forces use fake guns for some purposes, but are not supposed to use them on official duties, such as the 21 July independence day parade.
		However, army union spokesman Emanuel Jacob said it had been the practice for years to use the fake guns on occasions such as the annual parade.
		Another army union spokesperson confirmed that soldiers of the medical battalion - except for officers - were carrying fake guns for the parade.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/2195180.stm (264 words)

	ipedia.com: Mobutu Sese Seko Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Mobutu was born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu in Lisala, Belgian Congo.
		He joined the Force Publique, the Belgian Congolese army in 1949, rising to the rank of Sergeant Major.
		Also in 1977 he needed Belgian aid to help repulse an attack on Katanga by Katangan rebels based in Angola.
	www.ipedia.com /mobutu_sese_seko.html (775 words)

	the Tragedy of Belgium and the Fall of Antwerp
		The Allied armies of France and Britain were massing on the southern borders of Belgium, and the plan of campaign was that the line should swing forward pivoting on Namur, to drive the invaders from Brussels.
		They fully realised that the Belgian army posted at Antwerp in their rear was a standing danger to them, and besides this it forced them to keep a large army to protect Brussels and watch the southern exits of the fortress.
		The army north of Brussels, now under the command of General von Beseler, was reinforced with fresh troops, including a naval division and an Austrian contingent which brought with it a number of heavy howitzers to supplement the siege train of the German artillery.
	www.greatwardifferent.com /Great_War/Antwerp_4/Graphic_Extras_01.htm (6362 words)

	The Belgian fortress of Antwerp - 1914
		Unfortunately for the Belgium army, the Germans had 30.5cm and 42 cm mortars (like the famous Big Bertha), tracked by steam engines, which were able to destroy the concrete of the fortresses.
		The remainder of the war, the Belgian Army would hold a small part of the country (IEPER region) at the south-west of Belgium.
		Being engaged in combat in 1914, used by the Germans during the first world war (eg as ammunition depots), used again by the Belgian army in the Interbellum as machine gun positions, by the Germans in World War 2 and finally up to the 1950's until they were abandoned.
	meltingpot.fortunecity.com /utah/894/fortress.htm (1205 words)

	Belgian royalty--Leopold III World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Leopold, with the bulk of the Belgian Army, was surrounded by the Germans, and capitulated.
		The Belgian Army was shocked at the onset with the fall of border defenses.
		To many Belgians, Leopold's surrender to the NAZI's forces were in stark contrast to his father's gallant resistance to the Kaiser's Army during World War I. The King's surrender incurred the disapproval of many Belgians people and Parliament.
	histclo.hispeed.com /royal/bel/l3/l3ww2.htm (2737 words)

	Global Beer Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Nijlen and the sister village of Kessel were selected by the Belgian army at the beginning of the 20th century to build military forts to stop a possible German invasion.
		The Belgian army had built the forts for over a decade, and believed that no army would be able to take them.
		When the German army showed up a couple of days later, they only had to shoot twice with their Thick Bertha canon, to have the Belgian army running.
	www.globalbeer.com /web/body_pages/belgium/travelguide/Antwerpen/Nijlen/Nijlen.html (551 words)

	The Belgian Grey Book, 1914
		The Belgian army has been mobilised and is taking up such strategic positions as have been chosen to secure the defence of the country and the respect of its neutrality.
		This entailed free passage through Belgian territory, while guaranteeing the maintenance of the independence of Belgium and of her possessions on the conclusion of peace, and threatened, in the event of refusal, to treat Belgium as an enemy A time limit of twelve hours was allowed within which to reply.
		I am instructed to inform the Belgian Government that if Germany brings pressure to bear upon Belgium with the object of forcing her to abandon her attitude of neutrality, His Britannic Majesty's Government expect Belgium to resist with all the means at her disposal.
	www.lib.byu.edu /~rdh/wwi/papers/belgrey.html (17573 words)

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		Because of the vulnerability of the territory, it was inevitable that in both world wars the Belgian forces had to rely strongly on their allies.During WWII this meant that the few Belgians in military service after the occupation of the country itself, were part of foreign forces.
		Belgian forces were involved in several times in Zaire, a former colony, and in several UN peace-keeping missions.
		The Belgian air force is insufficiently equipped and armed for a modern war, but standards of reliability and maintainability are high.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/academic/history/marshall/military/airforce/bel_mil.txt (2832 words)

	Dragon operations: hostage rescues in the Congo, 1964-1965
		The airborne assault was planned to coincide with the arrival in Stanleyville of a ground force composed of Belgian and U.S. Army officers, a small CIA element, and a contingent of the Congolese Army.
		The Belgian response to the fall of Stanleyville came in the farm of the Vandewalle mission.
		The Belgians remained unconvinced, and the issue was not resolved until the combined task force was en route to Africa.
	www-cgsc.army.mil /carl/resources/csi/odom/odom.asp (17994 words)

	First World War.com - Encyclopedia - Lewis Gun
		Designed in the United States in 1911 by U.S. Army Colonel Isaac Newton Lewis (and based upon an earlier overly-complex design by Samuel McLean), the Lewis gun comprised an early light machine gun widely adopted by British and Empire forces from 1915 onwards.
		The Belgian Army was quick to see the merits of the gun and ordered that it be manufactured at Liege using common British 0.303 inch calibre ammunition.
		Nicknamed 'the Belgian rattlesnake' by German forces who came up against the weapon in 1914, the Lewis was formally adopted as the standard issue British Army machine gun from the close of 1915.
	www.firstworldwar.com /atoz/mgun_lewis.htm (457 words)

	Museum of the Army and Military History in Brussels. Legermuseum Brussel. Musée de l'Armée Bruxelles.
		This sections is devoted to the military history of the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century, a period which ended with the Belgian independence in 1830: weapons, posters, paintings, etc...
		This is mainly the period under the rule of king Leopold I and king Leopold II.
		On display are uniforms and equipment of various units of the Belgian Military Forces.
	www.trabel.com /brussel/brussels-museums-army.htm (233 words)

	Untitled Normal Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		'le Courrier de l'Armée/de Legerbode' (the Army Courier) was the official publication of the Belgian Army.
		Issues contained not only general army news, but also memoires of Belgian soldiers and officiers, accounts of battles and military events and many interesting photos.
		As can be seen from the cover pages above, the stand of the Belgian Army on the Yser Front was considered to be the single most defining event of the Great War for the Belgian Army.
	www.greatwardifferent.com /Great_War/Belgian_Magazines/Courrier_01.htm (169 words)

	Belgian Army
		In 1992 the Army consisted of 54000 troops.
		Today, after a thorough reorganization comprising the suspension of conscription, the Army counts about 27000 service men and women of which 5200 work in international organizations (NATO, WEU,...) or in interforces organizations such as the Interforces Territorial Command or General Headquarters.
		The Belgian Army consists of a large number of units all belonging to different Branches.
	homepage.eircom.net /~steven/belgianarmy.htm (127 words)

	Expatica's Belgian news in English: More arrests in Belgian army fraud scandal
		Seventeen army officers have already been arrested in connection with the investigation.
		Firstly a number of small firms billed the army for goods and services that were never provided.
		But instead of being used by the army, the goods were distributed among members of the fraud ring.
	www.expatica.com /source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=48&story_id=6923 (296 words)

	DutchPaint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The army was in transition, the country recently liberated from twenty years of French occupation in 1813.
		The majority () of Wellington´s Army* was not British, just as the vast majority of Marlborough's army hadn´t been a century earlier.
		The role of the Dutch-Belgian force, a significant part of the army and defending their own country at that, has normally been belittled and ridiculed.
	www.hat.com /DutchPaint.html (535 words)

	Belgian Army -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Belgian Army -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		The Belgian Army forms the land component of the (additional info and facts about Belgian Armed Forces) Belgian Armed Forces.
		Para-Commando Brigade - The Para-Commando Brigade is the formation that is responsible for all of the Belgian Army's (Rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall) parachute and (An amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory) commando trained soldiers.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/be/belgian_army.htm (375 words)

	Trenches on the Web - Timeline: Aug/Sep-1914 - War Erupts in the West
		The Fifth French Army and the British Expeditionary Force met the massive German force moving north of the Meuse on 22-Aug, and after a series of sharp encounters(Battles of Mons, Le Cateau, Charleroi and Namur) were forced to retreat to keep from being enveloped and destroyed.
		This attack was coordinated with the attack of the newly formed French Ninth Army to the east, and the British Expeditionary Force to the west.
		From their information, Hentsch determined that the flank of the First Army was endangered and that it was no longer possible to achieve its objective of rolling up the French armies on the Marne.
	www.worldwar1.com /tlmob.htm (1297 words)

	Belgian Fronts
		So if you have a story about something that happened in your village during one of these wars or your granddad was an American, Belgian, British, French, German or whatever other countries soldier, who fought in Belgium and you would like to contribute an article, be welcome and mail me.
		And French, for Belgian ranks and units, this because French was the language of command used in the Belgian army and I can't use both, French and Flemish.
		Belgian Fronts © 2000 Jo Vermeulen, All Rights Reserved.
	users.skynet.be /fonck (591 words)

	Army Technology - Pandur - Wheeled Armoured Vehicles
		The Pandur 6x6 family of wheeled armoured vehicles has been developed by Steyr-Daimler-Puch of Austria and is manufactured by AV Technology International (a General Dynamics company) of Chesterfield, Michigan, USA.
		The Pandur has been operational with the Austrian Army since 1996 (68 vehicles) and is in service with the Kuwait National Guard (70 vehicles), the Belgian Army (60 vehicles) and the Slovenian Army (36 vehicles).
		The US Army has awarded a contract for up to 50 Pandur vehicles to form the basis of the Armoured Ground Mobility System, which will include new applique armour.
	www.army-technology.com /projects/pandur (853 words)

	About Ranger Rick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Richard F. Tscherne (nickname "Ranger Rick") was a member of the United States Army who successfully graduated from the US Army Ranger, the French Army Commando, and the Belgian Army Para-Commando School.
		His foreign awards include the French and Belgian Army Commando Badge and the Belgian and Italian Parachutist Wings.
		A-4-3 Ft. Dix, NJ In September 1992 he was selected by the Department of the Army for advancement to Master Sergeant/E-8 but refused the promotion.
	www.therangerdigest.com /About_Ranger_Rick/about_ranger_rick.html (226 words)

	33rd Photo Reconnaissance Squadron Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As part of the XXIX Tactical Air Command, the 33rd Photo Reconnaissance Squadron was awarded The Belgian Fourragère 1940 for meritorious service in Belgium between October 1, 1944 and January 15, 1945.
		Yours was a decisive and glorious part in the defeat of the enemy during the Battle of the Ardennes and you have helped immeasurably in the liberation of Belgium.
		The entire Belgian Fourragère is approximately 40 inches long; the brass attachment is 2 and 3/4 inches long.
	www.33rdprs.org /html/history/Belfour.html (631 words)

	Belgium Armor
		The Belgian Army had approximately 200 AFVs on 10th May 1940 (the date of the German invasion) assigned in "penny packets" to various infantry and cavalry divisions for use as support weapons.
		In 1914, Dutch forces captured one of them when Belgian forces crossed the border when they were retreating from the German invasion.
		The Belgian Army employed several tanks built by the British firm of Vickers-Armstrong.
	mailer.fsu.edu /~akirk/tanks/bel/Belgium.htm (1458 words)

	Infra Clients (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In the experience of BEMILTEL, who manage the strategic telecommunications network of the Belgian Army, a software system needs to be up and running quickly, or not at all.
		And the 40,000 Army personnel connected by BEMILTEL’s network were having training exercises postponed because network lines were not in place in time.
		Add to this that senior commanders in BEMILTEL had no way of checking the history of a work order, as well as no statistics, and therefore practically no means to assess and control work that was the responsibility of their department.
	www.aadvantech.com /army.htm (900 words)

	BELGIUM-ROOTS Project: Belgian Repositories - Army Repositories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Civil registration abroad for Army personal and Belgian emigration (page in construction).
		Location of graves from BELGIAN soldiers in Belgium (World War I) by Patrick De Wolf
		List of BELGIAN soldiers deceased during World War II.
	belgium.rootsweb.com /rep/bel/army (220 words)

	Belgian Fronts
		Belgian Militaria (Belgian military badges - medals of the Belgian Resistance)
		Belgian war graves 1914 - 1918 If you have any questions about the grave location of a Belgian soldier, Mr.
		Patrick Dewolf is in the process of creating a database of Belgian burials.
	users.skynet.be /fonck/musea.html (587 words)

	Self-Defense Forums: For A Fighting Chance - Belgian army goes on parade with toy guns
		Belgian army goes on parade with toy guns
		Just think, the Belgians with toy guns are almost as bad off as our lads are with the SA80/L85POS.
		I think the fact their Army has a union is a greater issue!
	www.selfdefenseforums.com /forums/showthread.php?t=1369 (479 words)

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