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Capture of Belgium

Name: Capture of Belgium – Belgium factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Belgium · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1940Date range

1Named people

0Places

Chronological records

1940

Leopold III28 May 1940

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Surrenders Belgium to the Germans

Names involved

Leopold III

Provenance

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