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Book De groote oorlog

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sophie de Schaepdrijver
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1999
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 386 pages

Download or read book De groote oorlog written by Sophie de Schaepdrijver and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: De geschiedenis van België tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog (1914-1918), met speciale aandacht voor het dagelijks leven in België onder de Duitse bezetting.

Book De groote oorlog

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sophie de Schaepdrijver
  • Publisher : Atlas Contact
  • Release : 2013-10-17
  • ISBN : 9045025515
  • Pages : 343 pages

Download or read book De groote oorlog written by Sophie de Schaepdrijver and published by Atlas Contact. This book was released on 2013-10-17 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Op 4 augustus 1914 viel het grootste invasieleger tot dan toe ooit gemobiliseerd, een klein en weinig op oorlog voorbereid buurland binnen. En zo begon voor Belgie de Groote Oorlog. Een oorlog die leek op die van andere landen en toch ook weer niet. In Belgie verliep de Eerste Wereldoorlog op twee fronten: in de modder van de IJzer en in het bezette land. Loopgraven en bezetting, gifgas en dwangarbeid, of twee oorlogen in een: 1914-1918 was voor Belgie, wellicht meer nog dan voor andere landen in Europa, de erfzonde van de twintigste eeuw. Sinds de publicatie van De Groote Oorlog in 1997 heeft het onderzoek naar de Eerste Wereldoorlog in Belgie een stroomversnelling gekend. Deze heruitgave biedt een nieuwe inleiding.

Book Brave little Belgium

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mark De Geest
  • Publisher : Manteau
  • Release : 2014-02-14
  • ISBN : 9460413803
  • Pages : 379 pages

Download or read book Brave little Belgium written by Mark De Geest and published by Manteau. This book was released on 2014-02-14 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: De échte verhalen achter bekende en minder bekende feiten en figuren uit de Eerste Wereldoorlog Bij de Eerste Wereldoorlog denkt iedereen onmiddellijk aan de loopgraven en de modder van de IJzervlakte. Er zijn echter nog veel meer boeiende verhalen die belangrijk waren voor ons land tijdens `de Groote Oorlog. Wat schreef koning Albert in zijn brief aan de Duitse keizer, in een poging om een Duitse inval in ons land te vermijden? Hoe slaagden de Britten erin meer dan twintig tunnels te graven onder de Duitse verdedigingslinie nabij Mesen? En hoe overleefden de soldaten vier jaar lang in de loopgraven? Waarom werd in 1915 langs de grens tussen België en Nederland de `Dodendraad opgericht, en wie riskeerde zijn leven om door deze levensgevaarlijke versperring te geraken? Welke rol speelde de Engelse verpleegster Edith Cavell in het spionagenetwerk van de geallieerden in Brussel? Op deze en andere vragen geeft Mark De Geest een gedetailleerd antwoord in dertien boeiende verhalen. Sommige spelen zich af in België, andere in het buitenland. Samen geven ze een duidelijk inzicht in wat vier jaar oorlog voor België betekende, zowel voor de soldaten aan het front, als voor de burgers in het bezette gebied. Brave Little Belgium is niet alleen een meeslepend en verhelderend boek, het vormt ook de basis voor de gelijknamige Canvas-reeks, die in het herdenkingsjaar 2014 wordt uitgezonden en waaraan historica Sophie De Schaepdrijver haar medewerking verleent.

Book De Eerste Wereldoorlog

Download or read book De Eerste Wereldoorlog written by Luc Vandeweyer and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: De Eerste Wereldoorlog trof België vanaf de eerste dag met volle kracht. Het land was nochtans neutraal en behoorde niet tot de twee elkaar bestrijdende bondgenootschappen. Die aparte positie probeerde het onder impuls van koning Albert vier jaar lang te behouden. Maar de strategische ligging eiste zijn tol. Het Belgische leger werd gedwongen gedurende meer dan vier jaar de strijd aan te gaan met de Duitse agressor. In deze originele analyse wordt het militaire verloop van de oorlog op indringende wijze beschreven en verklaard. Daarbij is er aandacht voor het strategische en het tactische niveau. Zowel de koning-opperbevelhebber als de soldaat komen aan bod. Daarnaast bepaalden de vele technische innovaties, zoals gifgas, tanks, camouflage, loopgraven, nachtelijke patrouilles en scherpschutters, het dagelijks leven en het sterven binnen een strijdmacht waar meer dan 300.000 Belgen deel van uitmaakten. 42.000 van hen overleefden het niet. Nadien was niets meer zoals voorheen.

Book Negentien honderd veertien

Download or read book Negentien honderd veertien written by Dirk van Thuyne and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dutch summary: 4 augustus 1914: Duitsland valt België binnen in de hoop zo een snelle doorgang naar Frankrijk te forceren. Het kleine en slecht uitgeruste Belgische leger levert echter meer weerstand dan verwacht. De Eerste Wereldoorlog is voor velen synoniem geworden met het IJzerfront. Weinigen weten echter wat er voorafging aan die loopgravenoorlog. Dirk Van Thuyne reconstrueert deze vergeten periode aan de hand van authentieke getuigenissen en dagboekfragmenten. Vanuit een originele invalshoek, met veel aandacht voor persoonlijke verhalen, schetst hij de moordende begindagen van de Eerste Wereldoorlog.

Book Brave little Belgium   druk 1

Download or read book Brave little Belgium druk 1 written by Mark de Geest and published by . This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: De échte verhalen achter bekende en minder bekende feiten en figuren uit de Eerste Wereldoorlog. Bij de Eerste Wereldoorlog denkt iedereen onmiddellijk aan de loopgraven en de modder aan de IJzervlakte. Er zijn echter nog veel meer boeiende verhalen die belangrijk waren voor ons land tijdens 'de Groote Oorlog'. Wat schreef koning Albert in zijn brief aan de Duitse keizer, in een poging om een Duitse inval in ons land te vermijden? Hoe slaagden de Britten erin meer dan twintig tunnels te graven onder de Duitse verdedigingslinie nabij Mesen. En hoe overleefden de soldaten vier jaar lang in de loopgraven? Waarom werd in 1915 langs de grens tussen België en Nederland de 'Dodendraad' opgericht, en wie riskeerde zijn leven om door deze levensgevaarlijke versperring te geraken? Welke rol speelde de Engelse verpleegster Edith Cavell in het spionagenetwerk van de geallieerden in Brussel?

Book 1914  De inval

    Book Details:
  • Author : Roger Lampaert
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1994
  • ISBN : 9789072547163
  • Pages : 80 pages

Download or read book 1914 De inval written by Roger Lampaert and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Stabilisatie in Vlaanderen

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  • Author : Roger Lampaert
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1995
  • ISBN : 9789072547231
  • Pages : 80 pages

Download or read book Stabilisatie in Vlaanderen written by Roger Lampaert and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Antwerpen 1914   druk 1

Download or read book Antwerpen 1914 druk 1 written by Thomas G. Maes and published by . This book was released on 2013-08-22 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geschiedenis van het beleg en de verovering van Antwerpen door het Duitse leger in de aanvangsfase van de Eerste Wereldoorlog.

Book Belgie in de slagschaduw van de Eerste Wereldoorlog   druk 1

Download or read book Belgie in de slagschaduw van de Eerste Wereldoorlog druk 1 written by Henk van der Linden and published by . This book was released on 2013-06-21 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historische artikelen over de Eerste Wereldoorlog.

Book The Great War in Belgium and the Netherlands

Download or read book The Great War in Belgium and the Netherlands written by Felicity Rash and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-02 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the many avenues that are still left unexplored when it comes to our understanding of the First World War in the Low Countries. With the ongoing the centenary of the Great War, many events have been organized in the United Kingdom to commemorate its military events, its socio-political consequences, and its cultural legacy. Of these events, very few have paid attention to the fates of Belgium or the Netherlands, even though it was the invasion of Belgium in August 1914 that was the catalyst for Great Britain declaring war. The occupation of Belgium had long-term consequences for its people, but much of the military and social history of the Western Front concentrates on northern France, and the Netherlands is largely forgotten as a nation affected by the First World War. By opening the field beyond the military and beyond the front, this collection explores the interdisciplinary and international nature of the Great War.

Book The Rape of Belgium

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  • Author : Larry Zuckerman
  • Publisher : NYU Press
  • Release : 2004-02
  • ISBN : 9780814797044
  • Pages : 476 pages

Download or read book The Rape of Belgium written by Larry Zuckerman and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2004-02 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author presents a compelling and untold story of Germany's occupation of Belgium after WW1. It's a great, trade history book from a wonderful storyteller.

Book The Belgian Army in World War I

Download or read book The Belgian Army in World War I written by Ronald Pawly and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-02-20 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While small in numbers, the Belgian Army played a vital role in World War 1 that is often overlooked. Germany's invasion of neutral Belgium, which led Britain to declare war in August 1914, should have been swift and fierce yet the unexpected heroic defence, against great odds, of Belgian fortresses, frustrated the German Schlieffen Plan for a thrust to Paris and a lightning victory. The plucky Belgian resistance proved successful in buying time for French and British troops to mobilize and report to the front, where the Belgians would then go on to fight, stubbornly defending the northern end of the Allied trench line for the rest of the war. Discover the story of this determined Army, from their organization and commanders, to their uniforms and equipment. The only main combatant army of World War I not previously covered by Osprey, this volume will be an important addition to any enthusiast's collection, accompanied by detailed artwork and archive photographs.

Book Experience and Memory of the First World War in Belgium

Download or read book Experience and Memory of the First World War in Belgium written by Geneviève Warland and published by Waxmann Verlag. This book was released on 2019 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to its unprecedented violence and unexpected duration, the First World War generated many complex and tragic experiences, which over time have been reinterpreted. Connecting past experiences with current memories of the war - in order to revisit in an interdisciplinary way Belgium's archival and literary, as well as material and monumental war heritage - is the goal of this book which presents the outcomes of the research project Experiences and Memories of the Great War in Belgium (MEMEX WW1). The following topics as part of the historical, psychological and memory studies are addressed: emotions and writing strategies in a war context and attitudes towards the Germans based on the diaries of Belgian soldiers and scholars; the memory of the war in the two fort cities of Antwerp and Liege during the Interbellum; the literary reception of Tom Lanoye's No Man's Land and the impact of the reading of some poems to current Flemish students. Another issue concerning the social representations of the war investigates the representations of soldiers as heroes or as victims among young Europeans. As for the impact of war centenary commemoration events, they are analyzed firstly through the iconology of the First World War illustrated on stamps and secondly through the effects of exhibitions and documentaries on young Belgians.

Book The age of internationalism and Belgium  1880   1930

Download or read book The age of internationalism and Belgium 1880 1930 written by Daniel Laqua and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Belgium was a major hub for transnational movements. By taking this small and yet significant European country as a focal point, the book critically examines major issues in modern history, including nationalism, colonial expansion, debates on the nature of international relations and campaigns for political and social equality. Now available in paperback, this study explores an age in which many groups and communities – from socialists to scientists – organised themselves across national borders. The timeframe covers the rise of international movements and associations before the First World War, the conflagration of 1914 and the emergence of new actors such as the League of Nations. The book acknowledges the changing framework for transnational activism, including its interplay with domestic politics and international institutions. By tracing international movements and ideas, the book aims to reveal and explain the multifarious and sometimes contradictory nature of internationalism.

Book Belgian National Income During the Interwar Period

Download or read book Belgian National Income During the Interwar Period written by Stef Peeters and published by Leuven University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical national accounting is nowadays recognized as an important field of research in economic history. Nevertheless the sub discipline also receives a lot of criticism. Several estimates would be based on shaky data material so that the outcome would in part reflect the personal opinion of those who produced the series. Moreover in some publications the estimation methods are explained in very vague terms thereby making a duplication of the results almost impossible. This book tries to remedy these critiques. The estimation procedures of the various components of Belgian national income between 1920 and 1939 are thoroughly discussed and explained.The book also falsifies the proposition that "Belgium is a country without statistics". There are many series available but they are scattered over many publications and therefore often difficult to find. One merit of this book is that it brings together quantitative material from very diverse sources and origins. Not only economic historians will benefit from the wealth of statistics presented here, but also e.g. social historians.

Book Conflict and Compromise in Multilingual Societies

Download or read book Conflict and Compromise in Multilingual Societies written by Kenneth Douglas McRae and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the French Revolution, Switzerland developed from a country in which German dominated linguistically into a confederation of four officially recognised language groups -- German, French, Italian, Romansh -- concentrated in different geographical areas and marked by distinctive cultures and lifestyles. Following a historical overview of this development and the social and political institutionalisation of the linguistic cleavages, McRae's study examines key elements in the functioning of modern Swiss society; political parties, federal and cantonal institutions, the media, educational and cultural policies, the relation between the linguistic cleavages and class and religion, the attitudes and behaviour of the four language groups to one another. It concludes by reviewing the various explanations advanced to explain the relative social and political stability of Switzerland.