BELGIUM IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

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When the Germans invaded neutral Belgium in May 1940, defeat and occupation were inevitable but Belgian armed forces held out against a vastly superior enemy for 18 days. The elected Government went into exile in London but King Leopold III controversially remained with his people as a prisoner.

Covers the Belgians who continued the fight both outside and inside their country, including two Belgian RAF squadrons, the Colonial Army that defeated the Italians in East Africa, and the Belgian Brigade that fought from Normandy to Germany.

Also includes the Belgian Resistance and organized escape routes, sabotage against the Germans, and spy efforts on behalf of the Allies as well as collaborators and those who fought for the Germans. Large numbers of them were tried postwar for war crimes and treason.