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Há 5 dias · The atrocities that they committed against the Belgian population as they marched across the country came to be known as the Rape of Belgium. Around 6,500 civilians were killed in Belgium and northern France by the German army in the summer of 1914 under the policy of terror ( schrecklichkeit ).
Há 3 dias · Ten Belgian civilians were also murdered in various locations across the country. With its nationals having become exposed targets, Belgium withdrew its troops, leaving UNAMIR on the verge of collapse.
Há 4 dias · Belgian prosecutors on Friday announced they were ending a 40-year investigation into an armed gang that terrorized the country in the 1980s and killed 28 people, including children, in a...
Há 4 dias · Jun 29, 2024, 07:29 PM. BRUSSELS - It is a murder mystery that gripped Belgium for decades and now, with the closure of the file on June 28, it will likely remain a cold case forever. Known as the ...
Há 4 dias · Under the Belgian colonial administrators, Burundi was reorganized in the late 1920s, with the result that most chiefs and subchiefs were eliminated. It would be overly simplistic to blame all of Burundi’s postcolonial ethnic troubles on European ignorance of African culture, but such ignorance did contribute significantly to these ...
Há 4 dias · On 22 April 1915, the Germans attempted to capture the Ypres Salient, a bulge in the Allied line surrounding the Belgian town of Ypres. They used poisonous gas for the first time, exploiting the latest in scientific weaponry in the hope of breaking the stalemate.
Há 4 dias · On 31 July 1917, the British and French launched a massive offensive in the area around Ypres in the Belgian province of Flanders. The Third Battle of Ypres, known in later years as Passchendaele, was not as bloody as the Somme the year before, but would achieve its own notoriety.
