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Commission for Relief in Belgium
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Commission for Relief in Belgium

The Commission for Relief in Belgium (CRB) was an independent, international organization, sponsored by neutral governments and with the guarantees and assurances of the belligerents to alleviate the suffering of...
Celebrating the Armistice in Belgium
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Celebrating the Armistice in Belgium

A photograph shwoing French, British, American, and Belgian men and women in celebrating in Belgium the signing of the Armistice on 11 November 1918 which ended the First World War. (Imperial War Museums)
Relief Ship Carrying Supplies to Belgium
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Relief Ship Carrying Supplies to Belgium

Relief ship carrying supplies to Belgium, c. 1915. Hoover Presidential Library, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Committee for Relief in Belgium in Lille
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Committee for Relief in Belgium in Lille

Committee for Relief in Belgium in Lille, France, during the First World War (1914-1918), photo by an unknown photographer, American service personnel from the 1st Aero Squadron, 1916. San Diego Air and Space...
Memorial to William Tyndale in Vilvoorde, Belgium
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Memorial to William Tyndale in Vilvoorde, Belgium

Memorial to the Reformer, linguist, and scholar William Tyndale (c. 1494-1536) in the Vilvoorde public gardens, Belgium.
Remembering Herbert Hoover and the Commission for Relief in Belgium
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Remembering Herbert Hoover and the Commission for Relief in Belgium

Why has the Commission for Relief in Belgium, one of the greatest humanitarian relief operations in modern history, been almost completely forgotten? The operation started in Belgium...
Commission For Relief in Belgium
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Commission For Relief in Belgium

In 1914, Millions of people in German occupied territory in Belgium and France were facing the very real threat of starvation. Hope for these millions required the help of a neutral power walking a thin line between...
Battle of Jemappes
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Battle of Jemappes

The Battle of Jemappes was a decisive battle in the War of the First Coalition (1792-97), part of the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802). On 6 November 1792, a French army under General Charles-François Dumouriez defeated...
Battle of Neerwinden
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Battle of Neerwinden

The Battle of Neerwinden saw the major defeat of a French republican army by an allied force of Austrians and Dutch during the War of the First Coalition (1792-97), part of the broader French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802...
Belgian Congo
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Belgian Congo - One of Africa's Most Notorious Colonies

Belgian Congo was a colony of Belgium from 1908 until 1960. Prior to that, the region had been the Congo Free State (created in 1885), which was effectively a private enterprise of King Leopold II...
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