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US Army Brigadier General Benjamin Davis arrives in Liege, Belgium for an inspection tour.
US Army Brigadier General Benjamin Davis in Liege, Belgium during World War II. Brigadier General Davis arrives in Liege in a car. He inspects a quarter master (QM) depot and engineering installations. He talks to African American troops. A sign board on the top of a building reads 'Enlisted Men Mess'. The Brigadier General inspects living quarters, barracks and mess halls. Location: Liege Belgium. Date: January 1945.
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Belgian deployment 1940
In 1936 Belgium started its policy of Armed Independence, devoting 25% of its budget to defence and it could raise a total of 800,000 men in time of war.
The majority of the Belgians feared Germany but a sizable minority also feared France. Despite Belgian requests to do so, the French did not continue the Maginot Line to the sea which could be interpreted as an invitation for Germany to attack through Belgium.
In 1939 France, Britain and Germany pressed Belgium to join their ranks. The German generals preferred to wait until France and Britain invaded Belgium before starting an attack in the West. In this way Germany would not be blamed for violating Belgian neutrality.
Around half the Belgian army was facing the west until 10 January 1940 when German invasion plans were captured. Belgian King Leopold III was prepared to accept allied troops in his country if the following conditions were agreed:
* Peace negotiations are not started without Belgian participation
* Belgium's integrity and of his colonies would be guaranteed after the war
* Financial support when Belgium needed to rebuilt his country after the war
For the British government (except Churchill) these conditions were unacceptable. The French decided that they didn't need to wait for an invitation and if Holland was attacked would march into Belgium with or without Belgian approval.
The Belgian command had prepared a delaying line from Antwerp to Arlons (200 km). This line followed the Albert-canal at the Belgian-Dutch border and the Maas river and fortifications around Liege and Namur till the French border.
The main defense line went from Antwerp to the French border, mostly on the Dyle river. This line was very well prepared and especially indented to stop Tanks (Panzers). Every 350 meters there was a bunker equipped with a 47mm anti-tank gun. Miles and miles of anti-tank elements where placed, the so-called Cointet-elements. This line was unfortunately not finished around Gembloux (French sector).
The last prepared defense line followed the Escaut-river and included the Bridgehead Gent. Here all the large depots were situated. Once this line crossed the Belgian army would run fast out of ammo and possibilities.
On a high-level there was discrete consultation with the French high command. The French knew what the Belgians would do (troop movements... even reconnaissance flights) and vice versa the Belgians knew a little of what the French would do. Brian Bond writes detailled plans were worked out which enabled the French to advance to the Albert Canal in case of a German attack. Hautcour, French military attaché in Brussels wrote that Gamelin was pleased with the rapid progress of the anti-tank positions built in the Leuven area.
Mayor Ellis, author of the Official History, wrote there were no staff meetings between the BEF and the Belgian army. This is incomplete as the Belgians did pass all the information they had to the French and BEF but the BEF refused to have discrete consultations with the Belgian army. In The Official History you will also read that the Belgians were not prepared to exchange information about their military plans. Liddlel Hart writes about this the following: This is a clear example of the difference between official history and real history.
It was clear that France and Britain would march into Belgium and take positions on the Dyle river (plan D). Therefore the Belgians had made this river their main defense line although it meant giving up half of their country. They would defend on this line the part between Antwerp and Leuven.
An Allied advance into Belgium would also mean that the Belgium army could be incorporated in the allied camp before the Germans destroyed it. French leader Gamelin wrote that this incorporation was utterly important due to the low resources in men available in France.
The Ardennes were only lightly defended. The reasons are quite obvious as the delaying line already 200-km long took practically all the resources of the Belgian army. Secondly these troops in the Ardennes could be easily cut of from the main body of the Belgian army if the German main thrust was to the north. Therefore only two divisions defended this area.
In March 1940 the German Colonel Oster told the Allies that the attack would come through the Ardennes. The reaction of Gamelin was that there were sufficient resources there to defend it.
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Belgian Royalty in Switzerland.
Prince Albert (Prince of Liege) son of King Leopold plays in snow with snowman.
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Opmerkelijke spoorwegovergang in een voorstad van Luik, met tijdens de eerste slagboom-sluiting een bijna dubbele passage van de pendeltrein tussen Luik en Maastricht, gevolgd door een passage van twee HLE (relatief) nieuwe 18-loc's van de NMBS.
Als laatste, vanaf een ander camera standpunt, weer twee passages van de pendeltrein Luik-Maastricht.
Remarkable level crossing in a suburb of Liege (Belgium), with in the first clip the passage of the Liege-Maastricht regional train in both directions, followed by two NMBS locs (type HLE 18), Finaaly, fromanother camera view, the same regional trains, coming in the first shot from Liege, and in the second shot from Maastricht.
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This Yesterday’s Newsreel film (episode 109) offers the viewer “television highlights of the news of yesteryear” by providing vintage clips of famous people and events from the first half of the 20th century. The episode begins with a look at the growth of international radio, 1920-1950. Viewers see a radio tower at Port Jefferson, Long Island. In Spain, King Alfonso XIII attends an exhibit and examines a radio. Viewers see the largest wireless station in Bordeaux, France, built by the U.S. Navy. The station, with its giant transistor (01:01), is turned over to French officials, with Admiral Thomas Magruder heading the formal presentation. The world’s largest radio tower sits in the British town of Rugby, home to England’s first wireless station to receive American radio. Captain West of the British Broadcasting Corporation listens to the broadcast. In 1931, Pope Pius XI speaks from the Vatican over radio. Footage shows Iva Toguri D’Aquino, aka “Tokyo Rose,” broadcasting on Tokyo Radio during the war (02:30). American GIs listen to a radio. The episode shows a radio station in Germany featuring a sign that reads “Gross-Rundfunk-Sender Leipzig.” Mildred Gillars, “Axis Sally,” is escorted off a plane in 1948 on her way to prison (03:22) after being the first woman to be convicted of treason against the U.S. Soviet radios are distributed in Czechoslovakia (04:00). Broadcasters read the news on “The Voice of America” (04:30). In El Paso, TX in 1930, a man climbs into a street car that takes him from his suburb home to the city center for work; the trolley car doubles as a mobile diner and serves breakfast. In the “Personalities” segment, viewers see Sydney Chaplain with a dog (05:45), USC President Rufus B. von KleinSmid bestowing an honorary degree on Ernestine Schumann-Heink in 1919, and Ring Lardner writing on a typewriter in his Chicago office (06:25). The next segment features footage of flooding in Europe in 1926. Shots include one of a flooded river with a cathedral in the background (07:04), a flooded German street, a flooded Liege, Belgium, people using boats to deliver food supplies to stranded civilians, and the Thames River flooding rural land in England. A liner is dashed aground near the White Cliffs of Dover. Next, viewers see a house made entirely of newspapers in Rockport, MA (08:20). In the aviation segment, a bus pulls Goodyear’s baby blimp, Puritan, for launch at an air field near Washington, DC. “Fashions of the Day” features women modeling 1921 bathing suits on a yacht and on the beach in Balboa, CA (10:12). The episode concludes with footage of Atlanta’s Alexia Sterling winning the Canadian Golf Championship in 1920 and of Ray Ruddy winning the annual two-mile swim race on Lake Michigan in 1929 (11:49).
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Britain's Imperial War Museum marks WWI centenary - le mag
Britain's Imperial War Museum is launching its first major exhibition to mark the ==centenary of World War One==.
Entitled 'From Street to Trench: A World War that Shaped a Region', it offers personal insights into the conflict thanks to memorabilia and letters provided by locals. They are displayed alongside national treasures, such as original manuscripts from the Bodleian Library.
Many of the visitors will be able to relate directly to history, like Carl Richardson whose great-uncle Mathew ...
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Entry Into Brussels Aka Brussels Delivered! (1944)
Title reads: Brussels Delivered!
Belgium.
Various shots of British Sherman tanks, troop carriers, jeeps and other army vehicles moving through village, the locals cheer and shakes hands of soldiers. A sign hangs from a house reading Welcome to the liberators, bunting and French and Belgium flags also decorate the villages. The convoy moves on past burning German vehicles. Various shots of civilians shaking their fists and shouting captured German soldiers. One German is weeping. M/S of Belgian civilians looking at dead body killed by Germans.
Various shots of the convoy nearing centre of Brussels, crowds cheer from roadside. When in the city the thousands throng round and greet the liberators who include Belgian soldiers. M/S of members of the White Army, the Belgian resistance. More shots of allies being welcomed by joyous Belgians. One girl perches on army truck wearing soldier's hat, she waves at crowd.
Various L/S of the burning Palace of Justice. Various shots of civilians forming a human chain outside the Palace to rescue important documents from flames. M/S of girl wearing dress made up of allied flags. More shots of cheering crowds greeting the liberators. M/S of Mayor of Brussels greeting army officers at Town Hall (Hotel de Ville).
Various shots of the tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Brussels. Various shots of crowds dancing in the streets, they tear up and burn Nazi flags in joy. Various shots of German soldiers being marched away. More shots cheering crowds greeting more soldiers.
Note: some of commentary is by BBC war correspondent Chester Wilmott. Cameraman is also mentioned by narrator, he is Kenneth Gordon. AH 2001.
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World Championship Bruxelles 1952 part A
Tribute To General Leman (1920)
Belgium.
Intertitle: A TOWN'S TRIBUTE. Liege honours its gallant defender - the veteran General Leman.
M/S of a large procession in a busy town street - children make up a large part of the crowd, several boys carrying Tricolour flags are in the lead.
Low angle shot of civic and military dignitaries standing on a balcony draped in velvet, an army officer salutes - probably the General.
M/S of the parade passing, boys carrying the Tricolour flags escort a large float flying the Stars and Stripes.
L/S of a crowded square, in the centre a man gives a speech from a small platform, in the foreground the Stars and Stripes flag is flying.
C/U of the General, accompanied by several dignitaries coming out of the grand entrance to a civic building - the General salutes and waves.
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