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Just like the war today, the outbreak of the First World War and the German invasion provoked a large number of refugees leaving their home. Of the one and a half million Belgians who fled the country, more than 250.000 ended up in the United Kingdom alone.
Blog: 'Aan de slag over het kanaal. Belgische vluchtelingen in Engeland tijdens ...
For most of the foreign soldiers at the Western Front, keeping in touch with friends and family was relatively easy. Most Belgian soldiers did not have this luxury, as they were cut off from their loved ones in occupied Belgium. To address this need, the first soldier newspapers soon appeared, written by and for people from the same village, ...
Das Gros der ausländischen Soldaten an der Westfront konnte recht leicht Kontakt mit Verwandten und Freunden unterhalten. Die meisten belgischen Soldaten konnten das nicht, denn durch die Front waren sie von ihren Lieben im besetzten Belgien abgeschnitten. Um diese Not zu lindern, entstanden schon bald die ersten ...
During the First World War international football ground to a halt. Nevertheless Belgium racked up an impressive row of victories with the ‘Front Wanderers’, a football team of Belgian soldiers who went up against other allied ...
War poems featured in just about every war paper and press. They ranged from soldiers’ poetry to verses written by actual poets at the front or at home. Often the poems would consist of romantic ballads, set in rhyme. Nevertheless, they scarcely managed to hide the horrors of war.
Want to know more about poetry during the First World War? ...
Rik Wouters was one of the most famous Belgian fauvist artists, known for their vibrant colours and simplified shapes. At the outbreak of war in August 1914 Wouters served in the Belgian army, where he witnessed the fall of both Liège and Antwerp. By the end of the year he ended up in the Netherlands, where he died from cancer in July ...
Le quatre août 1914. Les armées allemandes envahissent la Belgique et saisissent la plupart du territoire en quelques mois. Bientôt le territoire occupé est confronté avec un problème immense: apporter la nourriture et les marchandises auprès de la population belge.
Découvrez la solution qu’on avait conçue à Limbourg dans notre ...
Rik Wouters was de belangrijkste Belgische vertegenwoordiger van het fauvisme, een kunststroming die bekend stond om haar felle kleuren en vormenspel. Bij het uitbreken van de oorlog diende Wouters in het Belgisch leger, waar hij de val van Luik en Antwerpen van nabij meemaakte. Eind 1914 belandde de kunstenaar in Nederland, waar hij twee jaar ...
La majorité des soldats étrangers sur le front occidental pouvait assez facilement rester en contact avec la famille et les amis. La plupart des soldats belges ne le pouvaient pas. Ils étaient en effet coupés des leurs en Belgique occupée par la ligne du front. Pour soulager ce besoin, les premiers journaux du front, écrits pour et ...
Just like the war today, the outbreak of the First World War and the German invasion provoked a large number of refugees leaving their home. Of the one and a half million Belgians who fled the country, more than 250.000 ended up in the United Kingdom alone.
Blog: 'Aan de slag over het kanaal. Belgische vluchtelingen in Engeland tijdens ... 
