What the records say
- When
- 25 Aug 1914 – Jan 1915
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 50.88° N, 4.70° E
- Description
- World War I destruction in Leuven
- War
- World War I
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Sack of Louvain
1914–1915 WWI German assault on the Belgian town of Louvain
The Sack of Louvain was the German assault on the Belgian town of Louvain, part of the events collectively known as the Rape of Belgium, taking place during the First World War. Over the course of several days of pillaging and brutality, 248 people were killed and 1,500 were deported to Germany where they were held at the Munster internment camp until January 1915.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Deutsche Truppen marschieren in der von belgischen Truppen aufgegebenen Stadt Löwen ein”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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