Brave Little Belgium
tv show
4 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired August 05, 2014
Overview
The four-part documentary series tells the full story of Belgium in the First World War from August 1914 to November 1918. The series deals with the war in all its aspects: civil, military, occupation, technical and medical developments, refugees, etc. It shows the impact of the war in our modern society and tells the historical story of the First World War in a contemporary way, including with the help of drones for aerial photography, CGI and 3D animation.
Belgium Occupied
Season 1 - Episode 3 - 0h 0m
Air Date
August 19, 2014
Overview
Around Verdun and the river Somme several 100.000 soldiers give their lives. In Belgium the people are living severely repressed by the German occupier. It is raining rules and ordinances. The Germans close the border with an electrical 'Dead Wire', which makes more than 1000 casualties. Belgium is plundered for the German War industry. In Brussels the Germans shoot the British nurse Edith Cavell. The language problems in the Belgian Army ask for more resistance with a lot of Flemish people. At the Western front solders die by the 1000's during useless offensives. The battle of Passchendaele gets stuck in the flemish mud. Again there are 10's of thousends of casualties