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During The First World War, Germany believed in the divide-and-rule principle. By sowing division, the German position would be strengthened. Flamenpolitik, or Flemish Policy, formed an integral part of this strategy.
The German occupier wished to drive back the French influence. To this end, their activities included the founding of a ...
On 22 April 1915, French and British troops were surprised by a yellow cloud drifting towards their lines between Steenstrate and Langemark. When the cloud reached the soldiers, they suffered violent and painful coughing fits and burning eyes. This first large-scale gas attack using deadly gas sent a wave of panic through the soldiers. On that ...
For most of the foreign soldiers at the Western Front, keeping in touch with friends and family was relatively easy. They wrote and received letters, and some used their leave of absence to make quick visits home. Most Belgian soldiers did not have those options, as they were cut off from their loved ones in occupied Belgium by the front line. For ...
According to Belgian law, every child was required to attend school between the ages of six and twelve. In the first months of the school year 1914/1915, however, this proved very difficult. Mobilisation had thinned out the teaching staff and many school buildings were occupied by refugees or Allied or German soldiers. The best the pupils could ...
In 1915, Catholic intellectuals at the frontline launched initiatives to protect soldiers from slipping moral standards and temptation, sexual and otherwise. They offered 'appropriate', organised forms of recreation through study and prayer groups, and football clubs. The initiators grasped the opportunity to push a political agenda as ...
Net als nu kwam er bij het uitbreken van de Eerste Wereldoorlog en bij de inval van de Duitsers in België een massale vluchtelingenstroom op gang. Van de ruim anderhalf miljoen Belgen die naar het buitenland vluchtten, kwamen er in het Verenigd Koninkrijk alleen al minstens 250.000 terecht. Zowat 90 procent van hen verbleef in ...
L’Allemagne était une fervente adepte du principe de diviser pour mieux régner pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. En semant la discorde, on renforcerait la position allemande. La Flamenpolitik faisait partie intégrante de cette stratégie.
L’occupant allemand voulait réduire l’influence francophone. Notamment en ...
Am 22. April 1915 erschraken französische und britische Truppen zwischen Steenstrate und Langemark über eine gelbe Wolke, die auf ihre Linien zutrieb. Als die Wolke die Soldaten erreichte bekamen sie starke und schmerzhafte Hustenanfälle und brennende Augen. Dieser erste großangelegte Gasangriff mit tödlichem Gas verursachte unter den ...
Op 22 april 1915 schrokken Franse en Britse troepen in de linies tussen Steenstrate en Langemark op van een gele wolk die naar hun linies toedreef. Toen de wolk de soldaten bereikte, kregen ze last van hevige en pijnlijke hoestaanvallen en brandende ogen. Deze eerste grootschalige gasaanval met dodelijk gas zorgde voor een golf van paniek ...
Duitsland geloofde tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog in het verdeel-en-heersprincipe. Door onenigheid te zaaien zou het de Duitse positie versterken. De Flamenpolitik maakte integraal deel uit van die strategie.
De Duitse bezetter wilde de Franstalige invloed terugdringen. Hiertoe richtte hij onder meer een eerste Nederlandstalige ...
Le 22 avril 1915, les troupes franco-britanniques prirent peur lorsqu’elles virent un nuage jaune s’approcher de leurs lignes entre Steenstrate et Langemark. Lorsque le nuage atteignit les soldats, ceux-ci furent pris de violentes et douloureuses quintes de toux et leurs yeux se mirent à brûler. Cette première attaque à grande ...
Deutschland glaubte während des Ersten Weltkrieges an ein Teile-und-Herrsche-Prinzip. Durch das Sähen von Zwietracht sollte die deutsche Position gestärkt werden. Die Flamenpolitik bildete einen integralen Bestandteil dieser Strategie.
Der deutsche Besatzer wollte den französischen Einfluss zurückdrängen. Hierzu ...
During The First World War, Germany believed in the divide-and-rule principle. By sowing division, the German position would be strengthened. Flamenpolitik, or Flemish Policy, formed an integral part of this strategy.
The German occupier wished to drive back the French influence. To this end, their activities included the founding of a ... 
