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An illustration by François Maréchal showing King Leopold II of Belgium (reign 1865-1909) carving up the Congo Basin, a reference to the Berlin Conference 1884-5 which set some of the ground rules for the Scramble for Africa. Russia is represented...

A photograph of the muddy battlefield at the Battle of Passchendaele (October-November 1917) in Flanders, Belgium during the First World War (1914-18). A tank is shown sunk in the mud. Imperial War Museums

A photograph of the waterlogged battlefield at the Battle of Passchendaele (October-November 1917) near Ypres in Flanders, Belgium during the First World War (1914-18). Photograph taken by Frank Hurley. Imperial War Museums

A map showing the German advances through Belgium, the Netherlands, and France which isolated the British Expeditionary Force and necessitated the Dunkirk evacuation of May-June 1940. (United States Military Academy)

This military map of the Sambre River in Northern France and Wallonia, Belgium illustrates key strategic movements and battlefield positions from 1792 to 1794, with particular emphasis on the campaigns of 1793 and 1794. It offers a detailed...

A photograph of a soldier tending the grave of a fallen comrade near Ypres after the Battle of Passchendaele (October-November 1917) in Flanders, Belgium during the First World War (1914-18). Imperial War Museums

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) was a Corsican-born French general and politician who reigned as Emperor of the French with the regnal name Napoleon I from 1804 to 1814 and then again briefly in 1815. He established the largest continental...

The War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) was the first of several major wars fought between the great powers of Europe in the 18th century. Triggered by the death of the sickly and childless King Charles II of Spain, the war was fought...

Europe is a continent forming the westernmost part of the land mass of Eurasia and comprised of 49 sovereign states. Its name may come from the Greek myth of Europa, but human habitation of the region predates that tale, going back over 150,000...

The French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802) were a series of conflicts that arose from the tensions surrounding the French Revolution (1789-1799). The wars were fought between Revolutionary France and several European powers, most notably Austria...