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| | Belgium - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Belgium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | After the fall of Antwerp the coast towns of Zeebrugge and Ostend had fallen into German hands, but in 1917 they were rendered ineffective as submarine bases by some ships being sunk by a British squadron at the entrance of the harbours, thus partially closing them. |
| | Some of the bitterest fighting of World War I took place on Belgian soil, particularly in the three battles of Ypres (1914, 1915, and 1917; see Ypres, Battles of). |
| | Belgian forces cooperated with the British and US armies, and by early November the whole of Belgium was liberated, following the end of the final German resistance at Zeebrugge and south of the River Scheldt. |
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