14 -18 - Belgian history

Episode 1: Entering the war (1x1)

Uitzenddatum: Mei 04, 2014

This first episode focuses on the beginnings of the war, the invasion, the massacres of civilians, the exodus, the first major battles fought in Liège, Namur, Charleroi, Mons, in the province of Luxembourg, but also the fall of Antwerp, the installation of the government at Le Havre, the retreat of the Belgian army to Lyse. Under the command of King Albert I, the troops will defend the last flap of independent Belgium until November 1918.