1917 in Belgium

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Events in the year 1917 in Belgium .

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Battle of the Yser</span> 1914 battle of the First World War

The Battle of the Yser was a battle of the First World War that took place in October 1914 between the towns of Nieuwpoort and Diksmuide, along a 35 km (22 mi) stretch of the Yser River and the Yperlee Canal, in Belgium. The front line was held by a large Belgian force, which halted the German advance in a costly defensive battle.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fifth Battle of Ypres</span> 1918 battle on the Western Front of World War I

The Fifth Battle of Ypres, also called the Advance in Flanders and the Battle of the Peaks of Flanders is an informal name used to identify a series of World War I battles in northern France and southern Belgium (Flanders) from late September to October 1918.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yser Medal</span> Award

The Yser Medal was a Belgian campaign medal of World War I, established on 18 October 1918 to denote distinguished service during the 1914 Battle of the Yser in which the Belgian Army stopped the German advance of the German invasion of Belgium.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Belgium in World War I</span> Involvement of Belgium in the First World War

The history of Belgium in World War I traces Belgium's role between the German invasion in 1914, through the continued military resistance and occupation of the territory by German forces to the armistice in 1918, as well as the role it played in the international war effort through its African colony and small force on the Eastern Front.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Belgian Expeditionary Corps in Russia</span> Military unit

The Belgian Expeditionary Corps of Armoured Cars in Russia was a Belgian military unit sent to Russia during World War I. It fought alongside the Imperial Russian army on the Eastern Front. Between 1915 and 1918, 444 Belgian soldiers served with the unit of whom 16 were killed in action.

Events from the year 1914 in Belgium.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Belgian government at Sainte-Adresse</span> Belgian governments in exile during World War I

The De Broqueville government in Sainte-Adresse refers to two successive Belgian governments, led by Charles de Broqueville, which served as governments in exile during the German occupation of Belgium in World War I. They were based in Le Havre in northern France after October 1914. The first government, known as the First de Broqueville government, was a Catholic government which elected in 1911 and continued until 1916, when it was joined by Socialists and Liberals expanding it into the Second de Broqueville government which would last until 1 June 1918. In November 1914, the vast majority of Belgian territory was under German occupation. The only portion of Belgium that remained controlled by the Kingdom of Belgium in exile was the strip of territory behind the Yser Front.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yser Front</span>

The Yser Front, sometimes termed the West Flemish Front in British writing, was a section of the Western Front during World War I held by Belgian troops from October 1914 until 1918. The front ran along the Yser river (IJzer) and Yser Canal (Ieperlee) in the far north-west of Belgium and defended a small strip of the country which remained unoccupied. The front was established following the Battle of the Yser in October 1914, when the Belgian army succeeded in stopping the German advance after months of retreat and remained largely static for the duration of the war.

Events in the year 1916 in Belgium.

Events in the year 1945 in Belgium.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Armand Huyghé</span> Belgian Army officer

Armand Christophe Huyghé, later knighted Armand Huyghé de Mahenge, was a Belgian career soldier. He is best known for his service in the Belgian Congo during World War I, where he succeeded Charles Tombeur as commander of the Belgian forces in the East African Campaign in 1917. He commanded the Belgian contingent during the Allied occupation of the Rhineland after the war. During World War II, he was involved in the resistance and, after being captured by the Germans, was deported to Buchenwald concentration camp where he died in 1944.

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Events in the year 1918 in Belgium.

References

  1. "Albert I | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  2. "Through the iron bars (Two years of German occupation in Belgium)". 1917.
  3. "A diplomatic diary, by Hugh Gibson, secretary of the American legation in Brussels". 1917.
  4. "The Belgian deportations". 1917.
  5. "The invasion & the war in Belgium from Liège to the Yser, with a sketch of the diplomatic negotiations preceding the conflict". 1917.