What the records say
- When
- 10 May 1940 – 28 May 1940
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 50.64° N, 4.67° E
- Description
- 1940 German conquest of Belgium during World War II
- War
- World War II
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
3 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Battle of Belgium begins”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le roi signe la capitulation sans condition de l’armée belge”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
Part of
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