Belgium

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Belgian armour

The Belgian Army had approximately 200 AFVs on 10th May 1940 (the date of the German invasion) assigned in "penny packets" to various infantry and cavalry divisions for use as support weapons. The Belgians looked upon their AFVs as defensive weapons.

ACG-1 (47mm gun)

T13 (47mm gun) regarded as a tank destroyer

T15 (MG-armed) King Leopold on right

Renault FT-17/18 (The 17 had an MG, the 18 had a 37mm gun)

 

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"Members of the Belgian Armee Blanche (the Belgian underground resistance) retrieving tube containing arms and ammunition dropped by parachute from Allied aircraft, Sep 44"

French Renault R-35

 

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Belgian MG squad

 

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Belgian resistance and captured German SPG, Antwerp

 

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Belgian Hurricane pilot in RAF 1941

 

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Belgians blasted this bridge across the Meuse River in the town of Dinant, Belgium, but shortly, a wooden bridge built by German sappers was standing next to the ruins, on June 20, 1940.

 

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Here is a colorful picture of the Brigade Piron, created in England by the Belgian who were found after Dunkirk

 

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15-CWT Brigade Piron

 

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From zero in September 1939, our small country, Belgium has also played a roll in this conflict.
Belgium has participated in numerous operations including the first evacuation of the Port of Dunkirk.
With some old boats, she helped in the evacuation of hundreds of soldiers.
The emblem of the Belgian section

 

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[Louis]

M8 Greyhound croossing the Belgian border, sep 2, 1944.

 

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Thread with cleanup of broken images. -

 

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Belgian soldiers of the Belgian 1st Infantry Brigade, Free Belgian Forces, pose for a photograph with their British Daimler Armoured Car (Mk. II) following their liberation of the french village of Sallenelles during the Battle of Normandy. Sallenelles, Calvados, Lower Normandy, Fr. Aug 1944.

 

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Surrendered Belgian troops, May 1940.

 

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Belgian T13

 

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Some belgian civilians in Antwerp come to aid others injured by a german V-2 rocket attack. Oct 1944.

 

[steve]

Fort Breendonk, used in WW2 by the germans.............I visited this place in 1971 as a boy whilst living in Brussels as my father was posted there......

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Breendonk

Steve