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WWI Crusaders: A band of Yanks in German by Jeffrey B Miller
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WWI Crusaders: A band of Yanks in German – occupied Belgium help save millions from starvation as civilians resist the harsh German rule. August 1914 to May 1917 by Jeffrey B Miller Milbrown Press, Denver, USA (2018), £9.67 (Amazon), 724 pp, pb, 126 ills, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN: 978–099–068–938–6 I must admit that all I knew about t...
Belgium in the Great War by Jean-Michel Veranneman
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Belgium in the Great War Pen & Sword (2018), £25.00 hb, 226pp, 47 ills and maps. ISBN: 978–152–671–660–6 As the ostensible reason for the British Empire going to war, and the site of perhaps its most ‘holy ground’, Belgium is a subject about which we should know more. It was in this vein that I opened this book, a worthy attempt to satisfy...
Ep.241 – Lost But Not forgotten. The Archaeological Recovery of First World War Casualties - Simon Verdegem
Belgian battlefield archaeologist Simon Verdegem talks to Tom Thorpe in this podcast about his work recovering First World War casualties in Belgium. Simon is the head archaeologist for Skylarcs, a non-profit organisation that aims to promote and conduct research of conflict archaeology and military history....
'Remember Belgium by Rob Voakes'
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Remember Belgium by Rob Voakes. This talk examines an awful, shocking part of the Great War and that is the atrocities committed in Belgium in August 1914. It looks at the questions of who was responsible, why did they happen and what propaganda was made of them. Rob will assess how history and accepted truths about what took place have chan...
‘In Honour and in Memory: The Story of the Menin Gate Memorial’ by Gerry White
The Menin Gate Memorial is one of the most famous structures in the Belgian city of Ieper (Ypres) and it is acknowledged as the major contribution made by Britain to the reconstruction of the city after the Great War. Inscribed with the names of over 53,000 servicemen from the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth who lost their lives in the Ypre...