Belgium
Brussels
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- …1939Belgium
- 1940-05-28Belgiumgovernment in exile
- 1944-09-04Belgium
- simplified version (without arms)
Course of events
- 23 August 1939
Neutral / non-belligerent
Policy of neutrality.
- 10 May 1940
Allies
Invaded by Germany; fought alongside France and Britain.
- 28 May 1940
Occupied by the Axis
Army capitulated; German military administration. Government in exile in London.
- 4 September 1944
Liberated
Brussels liberated 3 Sept and Antwerp 4 Sept 1944; fighting in the Ardennes in winter 1944–45.
Events involving this country
- 10 May 1940Battle of France
- 26 May 1940Dunkirk evacuation (Operation Dynamo)
- 6 Jun 1944Normandy landings and Operation Overlord
- 2 Oct 1944Battle of the Scheldt
- 16 Dec 1944Battle of the Bulge (Ardennes Offensive)
Data completeness: borders c. 1938, status at country level; occupation zones, annexations and front lines as approximate snapshots. Units and offensives: selected, incomplete sets; archive: only items with a confirmed licence, still being added.