Siege of Antwerp

When

28 Sep 1914 – 10 Oct 1914

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

51.22° N, 4.41° E

Description

1914 engagement between the German and the Belgian armies during World War I

War

World War I

World War I engagement between the German and the Belgian armies

The siege of Antwerp was an engagement between the German and the Belgian, British and French armies around the fortified city of Antwerp during the First World War. German troops besieged a garrison of Belgian fortress troops, the Belgian field army and the British Royal Naval Division in the Antwerp area, after the German invasion of Belgium in August 1914.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “World War I: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp (Belgium) falls to German troops”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Nach fast zweimonatiger Belagerung kapituliert der Bürgermeister der Stadt Antwerpen vor den deutschen Truppen und übergibt die Festung Antwerpen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “siège d’Anvers par les Allemands”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “حصار أنتويرب في الفترة ما بين 28 سبتمبر و 10 أكتوبر”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• World War I28 Jul 1914 · Interstate war · Deaths 17,000,000